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Consequential Theories
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Utilitarianism: the belief that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people
Jeremy Bentham: a philosopher who strongly supported individual freedom, which he believed guaranteed the greatest happiness
John Stuart Mill: a philosopher who believed it was wrong that workers led deprived lives and often meant starving to death
Act utilitarianism: most natural interpretation. If our aim is always to produce the best results, we should pprove of the action that will produce the most good.
Rule utilitarianism: we can maximize utility only by setting up a moral code that contains rules.
Rule worship: stated by JJC Smart. arguments against rule utilitarianism.
Egoism: a theory asserts that an act is moral when it promotes an individual’s best long term interests
Machiavelli: a scholar who believes that a monarch should do anything in his power to improve his position and to gain more power.
Hobbes: a scholar who saw human beings as essentially egoistic
Locke: according to this scholar, the state of nature is the state of liberty
Tocqueville: The scholar who is famous for criticizing the theory of Utilitarianism
Tyranny of the majority: when the minority loses out in utilitarianism
Distributive Justice: a theory that says that those who deserve something should get it
Consequential Theories
Across:| 3. | a scholar who believes that a monarch should do anything in his power to improve his position and to gain more power. | | 5. | a philosopher who believed it was wrong that workers led deprived lives and often meant starving to death | | 7. | according to this scholar, the state of nature is the state of liberty | | 8. | stated by JJC Smart. arguments against rule utilitarianism. | | 10. | a theory asserts that an act is moral when it promotes an individual’s best long term interests | | 11. | we can maximize utility only by setting up a moral code that contains rules. | | 12. | The scholar who is famous for criticizing the theory of Utilitarianism |
| | Down:| 1. | the belief that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people | | 2. | a theory that says that those who deserve something should get it | | 4. | a scholar who saw human beings as essentially egoistic | | 6. | most natural interpretation. If our aim is always to produce the best results, we should pprove of the action that will produce the most good. | | 9. | a philosopher who strongly supported individual freedom, which he believed guaranteed the greatest happiness |
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Consequential Theories
Across:| 3. | a scholar who believes that a monarch should do anything in his power to improve his position and to gain more power. | | 5. | a philosopher who believed it was wrong that workers led deprived lives and often meant starving to death | | 7. | according to this scholar, the state of nature is the state of liberty | | 8. | stated by JJC Smart. arguments against rule utilitarianism. | | 10. | a theory asserts that an act is moral when it promotes an individual’s best long term interests | | 11. | we can maximize utility only by setting up a moral code that contains rules. | | 12. | The scholar who is famous for criticizing the theory of Utilitarianism |
| | Down:| 1. | the belief that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people | | 2. | a theory that says that those who deserve something should get it | | 4. | a scholar who saw human beings as essentially egoistic | | 6. | most natural interpretation. If our aim is always to produce the best results, we should pprove of the action that will produce the most good. | | 9. | a philosopher who strongly supported individual freedom, which he believed guaranteed the greatest happiness |
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