1. Social ContractTheory: ThomasHobbes & Utilitarian Theory By: Jessica SensbachSlide 1 2. Social ContractTheory: HobbesThomas Hobbes 1588-1679Born in Wiltshire England…

1. Plan 2.  Bentham – social reform needed new ethics Universalisable, consequentialist, teleological, relativist Principle of Utility – Measure of theusefulness…

Slide 1 Anni 1870 Svolta teorica rapida che ha esercitato unenorme influenza sulla scienza economica contemporanea. U.K. William Stanley Jevons, The Theory of Political Economy…

1. Philosophical and Literary MovementsEuropean and American changes in perspective 2. EmpiricismAccording to the ideas of empiricism, experience is the only source of our…

1. Philosophical and Literary MovementsEuropean and American changes inperspective 2. EmpiricismAccording to the ideas of empiricism, experienceis the only source of our…

1. Topic: Revisiting Bentham’s utilitarianism Name: Ibnul Ferdous SRN: 090486100 2. Utilitarianism First written widely about by Jeremy Bentham Consequential moral…

Utilitarian Ethics Utilitarian Ethics Paley, Bentham, Mill, Sidgwick Utilitarian Ethics Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely…

Hedonism First published Tue Apr 20, 2004; substantive revision Thu Oct 17, 2013 The word ‘hedonism’ comes from the ancient Greek for ‘pleasure’. Psychological or…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Some announcements…. Web page is up.  ursulastange.com (click on my daughter’s face)  Click on Courses  Click on PHIL 1115 Check the blog and…

Slide 1COMPUTER SCIENCE Applied Ethics Theories Slide 2 RELATIVISM & OBJECTIVISM Ethical Theories Slide 3 Ethical relativism There is no universally accepted ethical…