...contributed to the diffusion of- those doctrines. "By the principle of utility," writes Bentham, "is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every...to augment or diminish the happiness of the party in question. . . . Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and...

...escape holding pleasure to be the good. Their next step was to argue for the necessity of: ... the principle which approves or disapproves of every action...happiness of the party whose interest is in question. . . . (Bentham, 1879/1962) Then, they went on to argue, in effect, that the good of two persons is...

...Hedonismus. Das Nützlichkeitsprinzip seinerseits definiert er in folgender Weise: „That prtnciple which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever,...happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness. I say of every action...

...Bentham. Bentham wmte, "By the principte of utility is meant that principte which appraves or disappmves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency...to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the perty whose interest is in question." An Intmduction to the Principtes of Morals and Legislation I1824I....

...disapproves of every action whatsoever according to the tendency which it appears to have to argument or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question. (Bentham, 1789). This statement, which establishes at least as strong a claim for Bentham as for Adam...

...the principle of utility or 'the greatest happiness principle': 'By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every...happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness' (I, I)It is Benthamism,...

...number was appropriate reform possible. As explained by Bentham: By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every...happiness of the party whose interest is in question; or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or oppose that happiness. I say of every action...

...utility" - later also named the "greatest happiness principle" as (Bentham 1789, ch. I, §§ 2-4) . . . that principle which approves or disapproves of every...happiness of the party whose interest is in question . . . The 134 Chapter 4. Bargaining and Justice interest of the community then is, what? - the sum...

...britischen Philosophen Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) formuliert: „By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every...happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness."1 Das Nutzenprinzip...

...that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the principle which it appears to have to augment or diminish the...happiness of the party whose interest is in question" (Bentham, 792). Whereas Adam Smith had defined self-interest as the basis for economic development,...