Utilitarianism is the principle idea for the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. In other words, maximize the pleasure while minimizing the pain. One such philosopher and believer of Utilitarianism is Jeremy Bentham, who lived from 1748 until 1832. He believed that there should be a moral system, and that it should do two things. One, provide an account of what motivates people to act, and two, that this account must justify actions on the basis for …
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…of happiness was unreliable. It is said that Mills purpose was to revise Utilitarianism to keep it from being a discarded theory. This is true in a sense because Mill did make a few changes in order to quell the political theorists. He stated that some acts are inherently better for the whole then others. He put more of a moral edge to Benthams theory and implements the Ideal utilitarianism idea into the utilitarianism theory.