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according to act
utilitarian standards.
Adams concludes that "right action, by act-
utilitarian standards, and
right motivation, by motive-
utilitarian standards...
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justice is
derived from the
mutual agreement of everyone. In the 1800s,
utilitarian philosophers such as John
Stuart Mill said that
justice is
based on the...
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Utilitarian is the
fourteenth studio album by
British grindcore band
Napalm Death. It was
released in the UK on 27
February 2012 and
globally on 28 February...
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Utilitarian genocide is one of five
forms of
genocide categorized and
defined in 1975 by
genocide scholar Vahakn Dadrian.
Utilitarian genocide is distinctly...
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Utilitarian bioethics refers to the
branch of
bioethics that
incorporates principles of
utilitarianism to
directing practices and
resources where they...
- For rule
utilitarians, the
correctness of a rule is
determined by the
amount of good it
brings about when followed. In contrast, act
utilitarians judge an...
- Act
utilitarianism is a
utilitarian theory of
ethics which states that a person's act is
morally right if and only if it
produces the best
possible results...
- The
felicific calculus is an
algorithm formulated by
utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1747–1832) for
calculating the
degree or
amount of pleasure...
- Mendenhall,
Grace H. (2013). Mozi: the Man, the Consequentialist, and the
Utilitarian (Bachelors of Arts thesis).
College of
William and Mary. Crimmins, James...
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specialises in
applied ethics and
approaches ethical issues from a secular,
utilitarian perspective. He is
known in
particular for his book
Animal Liberation...