A) Outline the main features of Utilitarianism

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A) Outline the main features of Utilitarianism

This essay shall outline the main features of utilitarianism. Firstly it shall

discuss the founders of utilitarianism and analyse their theories and beliefs

regarding utilitarianism. Secondly it shall the different types of utilitarianism. Thirdly it shall analyse the benefits and advantages of utilitarianism and then the disadvantages and the difficulties that arise from it.

Utilitarianism is the most famous teleological theory, it was devised by Jeremy

Bentham.In the introduction to the "Principles of Morals and Legislation" Bentham advocated utilitarianism as the basis for reform, he was very concerned in the conditions in which people lived in and wanted the greatest good for the majority of people. . Bentham claimed that it was possible to decide by scientific means what was morally justifiable by applying the principle of utility. He said that actions were right if they tended to produce "the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" this was then called the principle of utility. Bentham truly believed that happiness was equivalent for pleasure, and that we should try to increase the overall amount of pleasure in the world.

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