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: -Happiness, according to the utilitarian, is experiencing pleasure and not experiencing pain, while unhappiness is experiencing pain and not pleasure. (Note that producing happiness need not be producing it right now, it might be happiness in the long run.)

Detailed explanation-3: -The word utility is used to mean general well-being or happiness, and Mill’s view is that utility is the consequence of a good action. Utility, within the context of utilitarianism, refers to people performing actions for social utility. With social utility, he means the well-being of many people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Utilitarianism means the doctrine, expounded by Jeremy Bentham, that the moral and political rightness of an action is determined by its utility, defined as its contribution to the greatest good of the greatest number.