ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness).

Detailed explanation-2: -Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that determines right from wrong by focusing on outcomes. It is a form of consequentialism. Utilitarianism holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pleasure as the Only Value Utilitarians call the property in an object, action, or other activity that produces pleasure the object’s ‘utility’. Utilitarians want to maximize utility because they claim that pleasure (and freedom from pain) is the only thing that is desirable as an end in itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -This view of pleasure was hedonistic, as it pursued the thought that pleasure is the highest good in life. This concept was adopted by Bentham and can be seen in his works. According to Mill, good actions result in pleasure, and that there is no higher end than pleasure.