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The Hedonic Calculus

The Hedonic Calculus. LO: to know how Bentham used the Hedonic Calculus in act utilitarianism. Quiz…. What do we mean by hedonism? What do we mean by egalitarian? Explain in two sentences the principle of utility. The hedonic principle is…. Weighing the good to come to the best option?

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The Hedonic Calculus

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  1. The Hedonic Calculus LO: to know how Bentham used the Hedonic Calculus in act utilitarianism

  2. Quiz… • What do we mean by hedonism? • What do we mean by egalitarian? • Explain in two sentences the principle of utility.

  3. The hedonic principle is… • Weighing the good to come to the best option? • Weighing up pain and pleasure to come to the best option? • Weighing up the pain to come to the best option?

  4. The Hedonic principle • Measure pleasure • Moral actions > weigh up pain & pleasure > best option • Best consequence = the moral one • 7 factors: intensity, duration, certainty, remoteness, change of being followed, purity, number affected by it

  5. Questions to think about... • Can pleasure & pain be measured like this? • Are they opposites? • Does Bentham’s principle include animals?

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