The felicific calculus is an algorithm formulated by utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) for calculating the degree or amount of pleasure...
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Jeremy Bentham (section Hedonistic/felicific calculus)
the moral status of any action, which he called the hedonistic or felicific calculus. Principle of utility The principle of utility, or "greatest happiness...
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produced. The felicific calculus could, in principle at least, determine the moral status of any considered act. Ethics Felicific calculus Formal ethics...
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action-planning process Calculus of negligence, a legal standard in U.S. tort law to determine if a duty of care has been breached Felicific calculus, a procedure...
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propositional calculus in logic, the calculus of variations in mathematics, process calculus in computing, and the felicific calculus in philosophy....
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and philosophy, for such systems as Bentham's felicific calculus, and the ethical calculus. Modern calculus was developed in 17th-century Europe by Isaac...
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the greatest number". He suggested a procedure called hedonic or felicific calculus, for determining how much pleasure and pain would result from any...
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discussed ideas related to valence. Bentham created an algorithm known as felicific calculus in order to calculate the inherent goodness of an action based on...
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measure the amount of (utilitarian) pleasure in a method known as felicific calculus. The propinquity effect is the tendency for people to form friendships...
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Utilitarianism (section Hedonic calculus)
utilitarianism "has the utility calculus being used to select motives and dispositions according to their general felicific effects, and those motives and...
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Utility Happiness Eudaimonia Consequentialism Equal consideration Felicific calculus Utilitarian social choice rule Problems Demandingness objection Mere...
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consumption of the good, the idea of "diminishing marginal utility". In calculus notation, the marginal utility of good X is M U x = ∂ U ∂ X {\displaystyle...
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Dolor may refer to: The unit of measurement in utilitarianism, see Felicific calculus#Hedons and dolors Dolor (sculpture), a work by Clemente Islas Allende...
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Explanation Extensional and intensional definitions Fact Fairness False Felicific calculus Fidelity Final anthropic principle Final cause Formal cause Formal...
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Mathematical economics (section Differential calculus)
the Moral Sciences, published in 1881. He adopted Jeremy Bentham's felicific calculus to economic behavior, allowing the outcome of each decision to be...
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by philosopher Jeremy Bentham's theory of the felicific calculus, also known as the hedonistic calculus. The action a rational agent takes depends on:...
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realism here." Ethical calculus Ethical theory Ethical naturalism Evolution of morality Evolutionary ethics Golden Rule Felicific calculus Kohlberg's stages...
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