USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham, proposed that government is only useful if it promotes the greatest good for the greatest amount of people is known as what?
A
Socialism
B
Capitalism
C
Economics
D
Utilitarianism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Utilitarianism is a theory of morality that advocates actions that foster happiness and oppose actions that cause unhappiness. Utilitarianism promotes “the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people."

Detailed explanation-2: -Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher, economist, jurist, and legal reformer and the founder of modern utilitarianism, an ethical theory holding that actions are morally right if they tend to promote happiness or pleasure (and morally wrong if they tend to promote unhappiness or pain) among all those affected by them.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The greatest good of the greatest number This is the most important formula of Bentham Utilitarianism. It is the central idea of this theory. Each government is obliged to adopt such policies which could give the greatest good of the greatest number.

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