PPT-Happiness, pleasure and preferences

Michael Lacewing enquiriesalevelphilosophycouk Michael Lacewing Hedonist act utilitarianism An action is are morally right if it maximises happiness But what is happiness Is it good ie is it worth seeking. Happiness research departs from this tradition Instead hap piness researchers have been particularly interested in selfreports of wellbeing which may be as simple as an answer to a question with the general form Are you very happy pretty happy or no happiness. Changes ma preferences depend on both, absolute and relati and not b utility functions. Ne pa be indi be the a : = has car W What can you remember- . around the room association . Pleasure is not the same as happiness!. A divorced, wealthy, young man may seek pleasure from drugs, alcohol and an active sex life with many partners, but lack the happiness of true friendship and the love of his family. Mill. Jeremy Bentham. Jeremy Bentham. Jeremy Bentham. J.S. Mill. Moral Theories. A Theory of Value. : Something is intrinsically valuable . . iff. . . .. A Theory of Permission. Hedonism. . Key players and ideas?. B’s Theory of Motivation. W. hat . is it?. Moral Fact. What is it?. Initial . Ideas. Derivation. : How is the value or norm (idea of goodness which will come from it) derived?. An . explanation. . of why an action is right or wrong or why a person or a person’s character is good or bad. Tells us what it is about an action that . makes it right. Moral Theory cont.. Moral theories alone are . Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Hedonist act utilitarianism. Act consequentialism: Actions are morally right or wrong depending on their consequences and nothing else. An act is right if it . Utilitarianism. (1863). PHIL 102, UBC. Summer 2015. Christina Hendricks. Except . parts noted otherwise. , this presentation . is licensed . CC-BY 4.0. John Stuart Mill. (1806-1873, England). Mill “had a lifelong goal of reforming the world in the interest of human well-being” . Isler. and Samantha A. Newland. School of Psychology. University of Waikato. The link between Happiness . and Safe . D. riving Behaviour. 2. People drive the way they live.. Video. 3. 4. . Driver violations . consequentialism. Utilitarianism evaluate the morality of actions on basis of their probable outcomes or consequence. Four Theses of Utilitarianism. Consequentialism. :. The rightness of actions is determined solely by their consequences.. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Hedonist act utilitarianism. Act consequentialism: Actions are morally right or wrong depending on their consequences and nothing else. An act is right if it . enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. Hedonist act utilitarianism. Actions . are morally right or wrong depending on their consequences and nothing else. An act is right if it maximises what is good.. Copyright . 2016 Mel Roth. You may print an individual copy for personal use. . Reproduction. , distribution, transmission or sale by . anyone . other that the copyright owner is strictly prohibited.. Ever heard:. “The end justifies the means” ?. So what is it?. Ever heard:. “The end justifies the means” ?. “The greatest good for the greatest number”?. So what is it?. Utilitarianism . – Ethical theory evaluating human actions or institutions according to their usefulness in increasing .