Utilitarianism is a philosophy that has as its basic premise the idea that the greatest good comes from creating happiness for the greatest number of people. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
All knowledge is derived from experience whether of the mind or senses.
Empiricism Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine holding that all knowledge is derived from experience, whether of the mind or of the senses. Perhaps his most famous discussions concerned the idea of causality. He argued that belief in a necessary connection between cause and effect is based on habit and custom rather than in reason or observations. In 1758 he published De l'esprit, advancing the theory that sensation is the source of all intellectual activity and that self-interest is the motive force of all human action. This work was promptly denounced by the Sorbonne and was condemned by the parliament of Paris to be publicly burnt.