...the principle of utility. The nature of this principle is most definitely stated. "By the principle is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." The position which Bentham assumes is that the phenomenon which we designate as "moral approval" is...

...I mean that principle, which, like the principle of utility, approves or disapproves of any action, according to the tendency which it appears to have...happiness of the party whose interest is in question; but in an inverse manner: approving of actions in as far as they tend to diminish his happiness; disapproving...

...of light.' — Bentham's Prineiples of Morals and Legislation, ch.i. ' By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appeai's to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whoso interest is in question.'...

...well as to determine what we shall do." Upon this foundation is based the " principle of utility," which " approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." This " party " is, in general, the community, and its interest is the " sum " of the interests of its...

...recognizes this subjection and assumes it as the foundation of that system. By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." This doctrine is of course not new, but in Bentham's hands it was turned from a philosophic doctrine...

...recognizes this subjection and assumes it as the foundation of that system. By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." This doctrine is of course not new, but in Bentham's hands it was turned from a philosophic doctrine...

...recognizes this subjection and assumes it as the foundation of that system. By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." This doctrine is of course not new, but in Bentham's hands it was turned from a philosophic doctrine...

...recognizes .this subjection and assumes it as the foundation of that system. By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to haveHo augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question." This doctrine...

...hands of reason and law." 1 C. The principle of utility. Bentham defines the principle of utility as "that principle which approves or disapproves of every...happiness of the party whose interest is in question." 2 The word party must not be understood merely in the sense of an individual, but as a general term...

...outset to give an explicit and determinate account of what is meant by it. By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves...other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness. I say of every action whatsoever; and therefore not only of every action of a private individual, but...