Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Types of Utilitarianism
- Strong Utilitarianism
- Always follow the absolute law
- Weak Utilitarianism
- Admit that there are exceptions to the rules
- Act Utilitarianism
- Apply to principle to each individual situation
- Rule Utilitarianism
- Aim to bring the greatest good for the greatest number (for the community as a whole) even if it results
in less pleasure for an individual. He applied the GHP (greatest happiness principle - John Stuart Mill)
- Best Interest Utilitarianism
- Apply the theory, taking into consideration the
individual interests of everyone
- Preference Utilitarianism
- (Hare) You act according to your preference (Prole/Archangel)
- Ideal Utilitarianism
- (Moore C21) We should think about what is pleasurable rather than being ideal
- Motive Utilitarianism
- (Sidgwick C19) Looks at intention