Two-level utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics according to which a person's moral decisions should be based on a set of moral rules, except...

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

Philosophy portal Brad Hooker Peter Singer Preference utilitarianism Two-level utilitarianism Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (2011). "Consequentialism". In...

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...

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

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

related to animal rights and animal welfare, and R. M. Hare's two-level utilitarianism. At the time of his death, he was an emeritus professor in the...

Negative utilitarianism is a form of negative consequentialism that can be described as the view that people should minimize the total amount of aggregate...

Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two Level Utilitarianism. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199758784...

experiment Two-level utilitarianism Two Ages: A Literary Review Two Concepts of Liberty Two Dogmas of Empiricism Two Treatises of Government Two truths doctrine...

Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two Level Utilitarianism. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199758784...

Historically, hedonistic utilitarianism is the paradigmatic example of a consequentialist moral theory. This form of utilitarianism holds that what matters...

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

achieving the higher level of happiness minus suffering but giving priority to the well-being of the worse off). Negative utilitarianism is thus a form of...

This is an incomplete list of advocates of utilitarianism and/or consequentialism. Epicurus Lucretius Mozi Roger Bacon Richard Cumberland: 104–106  John...

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

Another response is the conclusion that total utilitarianism must be rejected in favour of average utilitarianism, which would result in situation A+ being...

passenger. Possible frameworks include deontology (formal rules) and utilitarianism (harm reduction). One public opinion survey reported that harm reduction...

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

Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two Level Utilitarianism. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199758784...

Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare’s Two Level Utilitarianism, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199758784. doi:10...

importance to modern ethics rests with two contributions: providing the most sophisticated defence available of utilitarianism in its classical form, and providing...

happiness in units. The concept of measuring hedonic utility arose in Utilitarianism, with Classical Utilitarians acknowledging that the actual pleasure...

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

period but became a central topic in the modern era with the rise of utilitarianism. Various criticisms of hedonism emerged in the 20th century, prompting...

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

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

"calibrate" the utility functions of the different individuals. Relative utilitarianism proposes a natural calibration mechanism. For every i ∈ I {\displaystyle...

The demandingness objection is a common argument raised against utilitarianism and other consequentialist ethical theories. The consequentialist requirement...

(happiness, prosperity, or flourishing) of a person or group Utility in utilitarianism Value in value theory Utility, a general term for individual well-being...