Utilitarianism: An Introduction to Utilitarianism is a

An Introduction to Utilitarianism is a peer-reviewed, open-access textbook that provides a concise, accessible, and engaging introduction to modern utilitarianism, targeted at the undergraduate level I. Definition Utilitarianism (pronounced yoo-TILL-ih-TARE-ee-en-ism) is one of the main schools of thought in modern ethics (also known as moral philosophy). Utilitarianism holds that what’s ethical (or moral) is whatever maximizes total happiness while minimizing total pain. The word total is important here: if you act ethically according to utilitarianism, you’re not maximizing your happiness, but the total happiness of the whole human race. The main idea of utilitarian ethics is ... Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory that suggests the best action is the one that maximizes utility, often understood as the greatest happiness or well-being for the most people. After reading this article you will learn about Utilitarianism:- 1. Definition and Nature of Utilitarianism 2. Origin of Utilitarianism 3. Acceptance and Revision. Definition and Nature of Utilitarianism: In C. L. Wayper's analysis of utilitarianism we find the following observation: "perhaps it was neither Hobbes nor Locke, but a school which owed something to both of them, which made the greatest English contribution to political thought, though paradoxically it never produced a thinker as ...