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referencing Jeremy Bentham's INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION
[edit]AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION, Jeremy Bentham, 1789.
from Preface:
"Note.—The First Edition of this work was printed in the year 1780; and first published in 1789. The present Edition is a careful reprint of 'A New Edition, corrected by the Author,' which was published in 1823."
also
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Introduction_to_the_Principles_of_Morals_and_Legislation
Peter Singer on giving benefit of the doubt to shrimp and oysters.
[edit]“ . . . and in the first edition of this book I suggested that somewhere between shrimp and an oyster seems as good a place to draw the line as any. Accordingly, I continued occasionally to eat oysters, scallops, and mussels for some time after I became in every other respect, a vegetarian. But while one cannot with any confidence say that these creatures do feel pain, so one can equally have little confidence in saying that they do not feel pain. Moreover, if they do feel pain, a meal of oysters or mussels would inflict pain on a considerable number of creatures. Since it is so easy to avoid eating them, I now think it better to do so.” -Peter Singer, Animal Liberation. 1990, (171-174) http://www.wesleyan.edu/wsa/warn/singer_fish.htm
Quote on the lead.
[edit]The direct quotation of Bentham feels somewhat out of place in the lead. I am considering reworking that part to convey his ideas more succinctly without relying on a direct quote:
"For instance, Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, emphasized utility as the capacity of actions or objects to produce benefits, such as pleasure, happiness, and good, or to prevent harm, such as pain and unhappiness, to those affected." StarkReport (talk) 08:33, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think it's a good idea. The lead is usually not the best place for quotes. Phlsph7 (talk) 10:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Ethics
[edit]Utilitarianism as universal Love 49.148.139.231 (talk) 10:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- @49.148.139.231 Is there a reliable secondary source making that connection? WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 12:12, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
Common good and utilitarianism
[edit]Dear City of Silver, by the talk page, I meant the talk page of utilitarianism (Key phrases section). Did you read that? Zopyr (talk) 18:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Egoistic Utilitarianism
[edit]Equality is wrong. Equality is impossible. Charity begins at home. Love yourself first. Zopyr (talk) 04:56, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
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