Preference utilitarianism (also known as preferentialism) is a form of utilitarianism in contemporary philosophy. Unlike value monist forms of utilitarianism...

unpleasantness. Negative Average Preference Utilitarianism makes the same assumptions on what is good as negative preference utilitarianism, but states that the average...

In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected...

Average and total utilitarianism (also called averagism and totalism) are variants of utilitarianism that seek to maximize the average or total amount...

motives). There are similarities with preference utilitarianism, where utility is defined as individual preference rather than positive conscious experience...

utilitarianism is sometimes thought to avoid the problems associated with act utilitarianism. Philosophy portal Brad Hooker Peter Singer Preference utilitarianism...

of formal features of moral discourse, and for his defence of preference utilitarianism based on his prescriptivism. Some of Hare's tutorial students...

Negative utilitarianism: Both positions prioritize the reduction of suffering over the promotion of happiness. However, negative preference utilitarianism—which...

well-being or welfare. Preference utilitarianism, which holds that the best action is the one that leads to the most overall preference satisfaction. Social...

maximizing the satisfaction of preferences, hence preference utilitarianism. Other contemporary forms of utilitarianism mirror the forms of consequentialism...

particularly pp. 147–152. Nussbaum (2004), p. 302. For a discussion of preference utilitarianism, see Singer (2011), pp. 14ff, 94ff. Singer (1990), pp. 7–8. Singer...

was initially a proponent of preference utilitarianism but has shifted his position in favor of hedonistic utilitarianism. In a different sense, the term...

Rule utilitarianism is a form of utilitarianism that says an action is right as it conforms to a rule that leads to the greatest good, or that "the rightness...

of the preference theory with consequentialism is sometimes called "preference utilitarianism". Smart's arguments against rule utilitarianism have been...

socialism, a theory repugnant to his predecessors". He was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by his predecessor Jeremy Bentham. He contributed...

from a preference utilitarian perspective, as does Singer. Preference utilitarianism defines an act as good insofar as it fulfills the preferences (interests)...

utilitarian. She persuaded Singer to embrace hedonism instead of preference utilitarianism during their collaboration on The Point of View of the Universe...

Despite utilitarianism and decision theory, many economists have differing definitions of what a rational agent is. In the 18th century, utilitarianism gave...

English philosopher John Stuart Mill. It applied Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. Mill suggested standards for the relationship...

related, but not necessarily equivalent, to the utility of Bentham's utilitarianism. In the theorem, an individual agent is faced with options called lotteries...

not apply to fetuses according to Singer's preference utilitarianism as a non-person can not have preferences (see Singer on abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide)...

S2CID 154610036 Sobel, Joel (2001), "Manipulation of preferences and relative utilitarianism", Games and Economic Behavior, 37: 196–215, CiteSeerX 10...

Refined utilitarianism, also known as qualitative utilitarianism, is an ethical theory that builds on the foundation of classical utilitarianism while introducing...

philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham defined as the "fundamental axiom" of his philosophy the principle...

economics) University of California, Berkeley Bayesian game, Preference utilitarianism, Equilibrium selection John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928–2015)  United...

century has shown that insofar as utility represents happiness, as for utilitarianism, it is indeed proportional to log of income.) The first important use...

relativism. In addition, the ethical philosophies of utilitarianism (especially preference utilitarianism) and pragmatism have been identified as employing...

Essex, with his wife. Sidgwick summarizes his position in ethics as utilitarianism "on an Intuitional basis". This reflects, and disputes, the rivalry...

of utilitarianism have developed, including the difference between act and rule utilitarianism and between maximizing and satisficing utilitarianism. Deontology...

ethics created by philosopher Robert Nozick in 1974 as a criticism of utilitarianism. A hypothetical being, which Nozick calls the utility monster, receives...