Utilitarianism Quotes

: "That property which is any object, whereby it tends to produce , advantage, , good or happiness [...] if the community in general, then the of that community; if a particular individual, then the of that individual." -

Right and Wrong Standard: "fashioned upon the that attracts and repels." - Bentham

Equality in selves: " is to count for one and more than one." - Bentham

"An act is if and only if it is in line with the code or set of which would produce the most (more than any code), if everyone in obeyed it." - Mill

Utility: "The permanent of man as a being." -

"Human beings have more than animal and once we know that, we do not regard anything as that include of those desires." - Mill (animal = food, water, mating, etc. = pleasures)

"Utility is not a doctrine, but more profoundly religious than any other [...] whatever God has thought fit to on the subject of must fulfill the requirements of utility in a degree." -

Higher and Lower : "It is better to be a dissatisfied than a satisfied; better to be dissatisfied than a satisfied." - Mill

Bentham's Act Utilitarianism: "" -

"The philosopher who is a halfhearted cannot estimate the attractions of a existence, any more than the sensualist flicking through the pages of can estimate the of philosophy." - Ryan (19)

'[Speech in Favour of] Punishment' > " in a " - Mill - House of Commons - 21 April

(Capital Punishment supported by Bible) - Leviticus : " [...] whoever takes a life shall surely be put to ." - Exodus : "You shall not ." (Mark 10:19)

"The end may as long as there is something that justifies the end." - Leon (Their Morals and Ours - 19)

"This other version [...] judges actions [...] by the extent to which they accord with the of any affected by the action or its ." - Singer

"An action contrary to the of any being, unless this [...] is outweighed by preferences, wrong. Killing a person who prefers to continue is therefore wrong, other things being ." -

"Choose the course of action which brings the best , on balance, for affected." - Singer

"Since neither a infant nor a fish is a , the wrongness of killing such is not as great as the wrongness of killing a person." - Singer

"The self- man craves for all things [...] and is led by his to choose these at the of else." - Aristotle (NE) (Criticism of )

"One or of happiness does not make a person ." - Aristotle (NE)