Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for all affected individuals. Although different varieties of utilitarianism admit different characterizations, the basic idea behind all of them is to in some sense maximize utility, which is often defined in terms of well-being or related concepts. For instance, Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, described utility as "that property in any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness...[or] to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil, or unhappiness to the party whose interest is considered." Utilitarianism is a …
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Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre · 12 July 2024 English
regardless of the ultimate outcome of climate change. [...] This analysis thus rests on a form of utilitarianism in which the goodness of a state of affairs is defined in terms of the consequences on the well-being …
well-being. This analysis thus rests on a form of utilitarianism in which the goodness of a state of affairs … then this could be a good outcome according to utilitarianism and an efficient outcome according to externality …
JCCF: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms · 1 November 2023
The essay (1) provides an overview of key features of the Online Streaming Act, (2) argues that the bill is morally and philosophically unacceptable, and (3) considers avenues for arguing …
Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” in Mary Warnock, ed, Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill’s “Essay on … Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” in Mary Warnock, ed, Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill’s “Essay on …
15 August 2023 English
George H. Locke, chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library between 1908 and 1937, was Canada’s foremost library administrator in the first part of the 20th century. During this period, …
especially Queen’s University.47 The dominance of Utilitarianism in political and social life, typified by the …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 January 2023 English
Literature utters the unutterable, not through logic, not through science, not through argument, but through a pitch of eloquence so pronounced the conscientious reader cannot fail to pay attention.Louis Groarke …
positivism, naturalism, materialism, behaviourism, utilitarianism, and Marxism, because they could not capture …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 August 2022 English
Questions first raised by Hannah Arendt in the 1960s take on new urgency in the post-truth era, as political leaders blithely reject facts in the public domain: Is truth politically …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 9 August 2022 English
When Catharine Parr Traill came to Upper Canada in 1832 as a settler from England, she brought along with her ties to British botanical culture. Nonetheless, when she arrived she …
underscores the centrality of the doctrine of utilitarianism to nation building and the public good and …
CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 23 June 2022 English
This suggests that the expansion of higher education is one of the major drivers of fertility decline and of the postponement of births at the aggregate level.5 In this paper, …
with the postulated social welfare criterion. Utilitarianism redistributes only between individuals with … in order to solve for the incentive problem, utilitarianism recommends also to either tax or subsidize … reproductive technologies, non-linear taxation, utilitarianism, ex-post egalitarianism / fertilité, technologies … social welfare criterion. In public finance, utilitarianism is often taken as a normative benchmark. However … the design of ART policy. The reason is that utilitarianism allocates resources by giving priority to individuals …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2022 English
Through a series of focused and interconnected case studies, Out of School explores the long history of information art associated with the Toronto School of Communication. It highlights the perspectives …
Hermann Keyserling and Oswald Spengler,25 the utilitarianism of Herbert Spencer,26 the vitalism of Ernst …
Fraser Institute · 8 March 2022 English
Published by the Fraser Institute, the Essential Women of Liberty includes a book (and accompanying website and animated videos), which spotlight the lives and ideas of women who helped shape …
individual liberty is not founded on materialism or utilitarianism. For her, “the American axiom asserted political …
ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 20 January 2022 English
Some We now know that the federal government, and the churches and are beyond offensive - to healthcare workers, to the memory of religious orders, were well aware (for many …
anarcho-capitalist ironically - also a critic of utilitarianism and hedonism, two strands dystopia in which …
