 | Mark Conard - 2007 - 264 ˹éÒ
...utilitarianism is one of the most important ethical theories in the history of philosophy. Utilitarianism "holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness." That is, to act morally is to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. And,... | |
 | Steven Lecce - 2008 - 361 ˹éÒ
...In Utilitarianism, Mill tells us that the 'creed' that accepts utility as the foundation of morals holds that 'actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. 'n° In its classical, or Benthamite, formulation, happiness is understood as pleasure and the absence... | |
 | James L. Bernat - 2008 - 552 ˹éÒ
...the tendency of an act not to produce nonmoral goods, the greater is its "disutility." Mill wrote: "Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."10 Commonly, a given act will have complex effects, producing both harms and benefits for... | |
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The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. 
