Let me unpack what I mean here. Happiness is standing in for Utilitarianism [as you can see 'Happiness' is comparatively user friendly] – Bentham the great grandaddy of this school defined it as the greatest total sum of happiness which has been rather cheaply reduced to the phrase ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number’ [...]
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To Happiness or a Good Life?
Posted in Britain Today, Local Elections, Utilitiarianism, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Friday, 5 June, 2009 | 14 Comments »
