According to Bentham, Calculating the Total Amount of Pleasure and Pain

question 588

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According to Bentham, calculating the total amount of pleasure and pain produced by an action requires considering the intensity, duration, certainty, closeness in time, fecundity, and purity of the pleasures and pains produced by an action, as well as their extent.

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Definitions:

Limitations

Restrictions or caps set on actions such as the time within which legal proceedings can be initiated, known as statutes of limitations.

Interstate Commerce

Commerce conducted between two or more states in the United States, regulated by federal law to ensure free and fair trade.

Intrastate Commerce

Commercial transactions or transportation occurring within the borders of a single state, not involving or crossing state lines.

Commerce Clause

A provision in the United States Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate trade between states, foreign nations, and Indian tribes, forming the basis for much federal legislation on economic regulation.