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Who Is The Founding Father Of Utilitarianism

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The chapter five of the book entitled “Theory and Contemporary Issues” by Barbara MacKinnon is summarizing the philosophical theory such that utilitarianism and egoism as forms of consequentialism; the principle of utility as the basic moral principle of utilitarianism. The author noticed the difference between egoism and utilitarianism as a matter of which consequences should be taken into account when making ethical judgments. In fact, he referred briefly to some philosopher’ ideas to explain these philosophical matters. For example, the philosopher Jeremy Bentham who is considered as “the founding father of utilitarianism” (MacKinnon, 2009, P.93) said that morally right actions are those that maximize pleasure and minimize pain for the greatest
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