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Utilitarianism
Consequence-based ethics: the Principle of Utility, act versus rule utilitarianism, and how a cost-benefit calculation is actually run.
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- Bentham's hedonic calculus and Mill's refinement on the quality of happiness
- The Principle of Utility — the greatest happiness for the greatest number affected
- Act utilitarianism: judging each individual act by its own consequences
- Rule utilitarianism: judging the rule behind the act
- The highway construction case study, weighed benefit by benefit
- Where rule utilitarianism and Kantianism agree on the rule but differ on the reason
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