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51Consequentialism — is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one s conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission) is… …
52Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …
53John Stuart Mill — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = John Stuart Mill name = John Stuart Mill birth = 20 May 1806 Pentonville, London, England death = 8 May 1873 Avignon, France school… …
54Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …
55Jeremy Bentham — Full name Jeremy Bentham Born 15 February 1748(1748 02 15) London, England Died 6 June 1832 …
56Bernard Williams — For other people named Bernard Williams, see Bernard Williams (disambiguation). Bernard Williams Full name Bernard Williams Born 21 September 1929(1929 09 21) Westcliff on Sea, Essex …
57Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …
58J. J. C. Smart — John Jamieson Carswell Jack Smart AC (born 1920), often referred to as J.J.C. Smart, is a Scottish emeritus professor of philosophy at Monash University, Australia. He works in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of science , philosophy of mind …
59Handlungsutilitarismus — Regelutilitarismus (englisch rule utilitarianism ) ist eine Variante der ethischen Position des Utilitarismus. Der Regelutilitarismus wendet das Kriterium des größten allgemeinen Glücks auf Handlungsregeln an, jedoch nicht auf konkrete einzelne… …
60Indirekter Utilitarismus — Regelutilitarismus (englisch rule utilitarianism ) ist eine Variante der ethischen Position des Utilitarismus. Der Regelutilitarismus wendet das Kriterium des größten allgemeinen Glücks auf Handlungsregeln an, jedoch nicht auf konkrete einzelne… …
