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A presentation of traditional utilitarianism:

A discussion of Bentham’s focus on the quantity of happiness.

A discussion of Mill’s distinction between higher and lower pleasures.

A discussion of how Bentham and Mill’s views support or oppose the death penalty.

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A presentation of traditional utilitarianism

A presentation of traditional utilitarianism: Utilitarians judge the morality of conduct by a single standard, the principle of utility: right actions are those that result in greater overall well-being (or utility) for the people involved than any other possible actions.

A discussion of Bentham’s focus on the quantity of happiness.

He famously held a hedonistic account of both motivation and value according to which what is fundamentally valuable and what ultimately motivates us is pleasure and pain. Happiness, according to Bentham, is thus a matter of experiencing pleasure and lack of pain.

A discussion of Mill’s distinction between higher and lower pleasures.

Mill delineates how to differentiate between higher- and lower-quality pleasures: A pleasure is of higher quality if people would choose it over a different pleasure even if it is accompanied by discomfort, and if they would not trade it for a greater amount of the other pleasure.

A discussion of how Bentham and Mill’s views support or oppose the death penalty.

It first it may seem obvious that a utilitarian would oppose the death penalty since it would result in extreme pain for the criminal. ... Capital punishment can help reduce the crime rate because it acts as a deterrents to future criminals.

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