[DOC] [TLE] The History of Utilitarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [PAR] Mar 27, 2009 ... My good counts for no more than anyone else's good. ... Gay held that since God 
wants the happiness of mankind, and since God's will .... Hutcheson, in An Inquiry 
Concerning Moral Good and Evil, fairly explicitly spelled out a utilitarian principle 
of ... Scarre notes that some hold the moral sense approach... [DOC] [TLE] Utilitarianism - Wikipedia [PAR] Utilitarianism is a theory about what we ought to do. It states that the best action is 
the one that ... Contrast this view with virtue ethics, which enshrines virtue as a 
moral good. .... In Concerning the Fundamental Principle of Virtue or Morality (
1731), Gay ... happiness, private happiness, is the proper or ultimate end of all 
our... [DOC] [TLE] Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number [PAR] May 27, 2004 ... An act would be moral if it brings the greatest amount of pleasure and the least 
amount of pain. John Stuart Mill modified this philosophy and developed it apart 
from ... happiness by calculating the greatest good for the greatest number. .... He 
holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and from... [DOC] [TLE] Aristotle on why the highest good is happiness | Ask a Philosopher [PAR] Nov 17, 2011 ... He disagrees with the famous quote from Solon that no-one can call ... 
Happiness is the greatest good, because it is at the bottom of every ... Online 
programs in philosophy from the International Society for Philosophers... [DOC] [TLE] Hedonism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [PAR] Prudential Hedonism holds that all and only pleasure intrinsically makes .... 
Bentham argued that happiness was the ultimate good and that happiness was ... 
Bentham's greatest happiness principle states that actions are immoral if they are
... [DOC] [TLE] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Highest Good - New Advent [PAR] (1)Utilitarianism, when the highest good is identified with happiness; ... 
vacillations of opinion can be traced throughout the history of philosophy. ... yet 
he does not exclude pleasure, but holds that pleasure in its keenest form springs 
from virtue. ... the happiness of the many, "the greatest happiness of the greatest 
number". [DOC] [TLE] Bentham/Mill - Philosophy Pages [PAR] ... disputes over the reality and nature of the highest good, Mill assumed from the 
outset, ... Mill fully accepted Bentham's devotion to greatest happiness principle 
as the ... warranted on Mill's view only when it results directly in the greater good 
of all. ... (Utilitarianism 4) The argument doesn't hold up well at all in logical terms,
... [DOC] [TLE] Eudaimonism IV: Utilitarianism [PAR] Now Bentham defines the principle of utility as an explicit hedonist: ... advantage, 
pleasure, good or happiness (all this in the present case comes to the same ... 
but considers the other a higher priority than oneself, which Bentham did not hold
. ... Perhaps his greatest contribution to philosophy and political theory was his... [DOC] [TLE] Lecture 1 - Introduction [PAR] Ethics or moral philosophy is an inquiry into the nature of what makes a certain ... 
The other relativists mya be called anthropological relativists, who hold that, 
while .... Secondly, since there is no qualitative distinction among pleasures, the 
sole .... must be the greatest happiness one is able to achieve as the highest 
good. [DOC] [TLE] Hedonism - By Branch / Doctrine - The Basics of Philosophy [PAR] They believe that pleasure is the only good in life, and pain is the only evil, and ... 
view that our fundamental moral obligation is to maximize pleasure or happiness. 
... Thus, for Epicurus, the highest pleasure consists of a simple, moderate life 
spent ... action is best for everyone ("the greatest good for the greatest number"). [DOC] [TLE] Jeremy Bentham, "Happiness Is the Greatest Good" - Philosophy ... [PAR] Bentham supports the principle of utility with the hedonistic or felicific calculus: a 
method or calculating the right thing to do by means of a quantitative scale. [DOC] [TLE] Moral Philosophy 3 [PAR] I. The fundamental question, for Aristotle, is again that of the

Question: Philosophy that holds the highest good is the happiness of the greatest number
Answer: utilitarianism