WORLD HISTORY

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: -Bentham argues that the moral quality of action should be judged by its consequences on human happiness and in that line he claims that we should aim at the ‘greatest happiness for the greatest number’. Bentham defined happiness in terms of psychological experience, as ‘the sum of pleasures and pains’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The original and most influential version of utilitarianism is classical utilitarianism, first expressed in the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Classical utilitarianism holds that what makes someone’s life go well is based on the subjective conscious experiences they have.