This was, in effect, the technocratic underside of Bentham’s utilitarianism, which defined an optimal social arrangement as one creating the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.

D. Classical Utilitarianism – Jeremy Bentham’s Act Utilitarianism: happiness as the basis of of moral relativism, a consequentialist and teleological theory. E. John Stuart Mill’s ...

Bentham, often referred to as the father of modern utilitarianism, was foundational in shaping utilitarianism as we know it today. He was influenced by Thomas Hobbes in his hedonistic evaluation of ...

Jeremy Bentham, the founder of modern utilitarianism, stares back at me. His cold, dead, preserved eyes glare into my soul. WHAT did you just say, they seem to enquire. His protectron body should ...