Utilitarianism

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Ethics
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:law
economics
environmental ethics
public health
gptkbp:contrastsWith deontological ethics
virtue ethics
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
demandingness
ignoring individual rights
problem of justice
gptkbp:debatedBy act vs rule utilitarianism
demandingness objection
quantitative vs qualitative pleasures
utility monster problem
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Jeremy_Bentham
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkbp:focusesOn consequences of actions
gptkbp:goal maximize happiness
minimize suffering
gptkbp:hasConcept pleasure
pain
utility
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Utilitarianism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:activist
gptkb:public_policy
gptkb:effective_altruism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Epicureanism
hedonism
gptkbp:key gptkb:An_Introduction_to_the_Principles_of_Morals_and_Legislation
gptkb:Utilitarianism_(book_by_John_Stuart_Mill)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:G._E._Moore
gptkb:Henry_Sidgwick
gptkb:R._M._Hare
gptkb:Derek_Parfit
gptkb:Peter_Singer
gptkb:Richard_M._Hare
gptkbp:originatedIn 18th century
gptkbp:principle greatest happiness principle
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:hedonic_calculus
gptkb:trolley_problem
gptkb:utility_monster
cost-benefit analysis
gptkbp:type consequentialism
gptkbp:variant act utilitarianism
negative utilitarianism
preference utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3