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Greatest Happiness
A principle stating that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote overall happiness, identifying happiness with the maximum pleasure and minimum pain.
Rule Consequentialism
An ethical theory that suggests the moral correctness of an action depends on the consequences of following rules that are designed to promote the greatest good.
Classical Utilitarians
Philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill who advocated for utilitarianism, a moral theory that actions are right if they result in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
Act Consequentialists
Ethical theorists who evaluate the morality of an action based solely on the outcomes or consequences it produces.
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