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Utilitarianism: The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. ...
Although utilitarianism has been around for a long time, the first great advocate of the theory is Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1832). ...
Rule Utilitarianism
This form of utilitarianism is more associated with John Stuart Mill, it focuses on general rules believed to bring about the most pleasure for the majority. ...
Act Utilitarianism
This form of utilitarianism does not believe in following set rules, they believe that an individual set of rules should be applied to individual situations, and doing one thing in one set of circumstances may not necessarily be the best course of action in another. ...
John Stuart Mill – a rule utilitarian – had developed his own version of utilitarianism, differing in areas to his friend Bentham’s. ...
Is there a strong religious involvement in utilitarianism?
No involvement of religion is called secularism, yet it is hard to state one way or the other whether there is some religious involvement in utilitarianism as there are some similarities between the two. ... Equality is another, both utilitarianism and religion stress the importance of this, stating that everyone is equal and everyone deserves the right to be happy.
However there are also some strong differences between the two, for a start there is no involvement of God in utilitarianism.
Approximate Word count = 1077
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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