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Utilitarianism

Public Policy (Jeremy Bentham)

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Who suggested that good and bad can be seen as terms of usefulness? David Hume
Who argued in "The Social Contract" that every law the people have not ratified in person is not a law? Rousseau
What is a restriction of human freedom and happiness? Any law
A good law is what? A necessary evil
What may produce more good than harm? A law
What can a bad government allow? A rich few to live in comfort at the expense of the majority
What does a good government produce? The greatest happiness for the greatest number
Good is what? Pleasure
Pain is what? Evil
Who felt that good is exemption from pain or loss of pleasure? Jeremy Bentham
Who has a vested interest in increasing happiness for the majority to ensure that they are reelected? Politicians
Who felt that natural laws and rights was nothing more than "nonsense on stilts"? Jeremy Bentham
What depressed Bentham while he attended Oxford University? The chicanery of the legal profession
What did Bentham become more interested in while he studied? Legal science and philosophy
Who was the leading legal authority Bentham criticized after he retired? William Blackstone
What has been used to justify the prosecution of innocent people? Utilitarian arguements
Who satirized Bentham's ideas? Charles Dickens
For someone to be happy, what must someone else do? Pay a price
What are useful benchmarks for public policy decisions in which governments consider the good for the majority of people? Bentham's approach
According to Bentham, it is morally acceptable to punish the innocent if it is outweighed by what? The happiness of the general population
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