Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is principally a moral philosophy but when applied to politics it is a non-quadrant socially-left and globalist ideology. Utilitarianism wants to maximize the well-being and happiness of everyone globally. Utilitarianism wants to maximize utility, which is often defined in terms of well-being. Utilitarianism is a version of consequentialism, which states that the consequences of any action are the only standard of right and wrong. Unlike other forms of consequentialism, such as egoism and altruism, utilitarianism considers the interests of all sentient beings equally.

Classical Utilitarianism
Classical utilitarianism is the view that one morally ought to promote just the sum total of happiness over suffering.

Act and Rule Utilitarianism
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Negative Utilitarianism
Negative utilitarianism can be described as the view that people should minimize the total amount of aggregate suffering, or that they should minimize suffering and then, secondarily, maximize the total amount of happiness. It can be considered as a version of utilitarianism that gives greater priority to reducing suffering (negative utility or 'disutility') than to increasing pleasure (positive utility).

Notable Quotes
"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" — Jeremy Bentham

"Granted that any practice causes more pain to animals than it gives pleasure to man; is that practice moral or immoral? And if, exactly in proportion as human beings raise their heads out of the slough of selfishness, they do not with one voice answer 'immoral', let the morality of the principle of utility be for ever condemned." — John Stuart Mill

"We have next to consider who the 'all' are, whose happiness is to be taken into account. Are we to extend our concern to all the beings capable of pleasure and pain whose feelings are affected by our conduct? or are we to confine our view to human happiness? The former view is the one adopted by Bentham and Mill, and (I believe) by the Utilitarian school generally: and is obviously most in accordance with the universality that is characteristic of their principle … it seems arbitrary and unreasonable to exclude from the end, as so conceived, any pleasure of any sentient being." — Henry Sidgwick

"The racist violates the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of his own race, when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race. Similarly the speciesist allows the interests of his own species to override the greater interests of members of other species. The pattern is the same in each case … Most human beings are speciesists." — Peter Singer

Personality
Utilitarianism always wants the best for everyone.

Friends

 * [[File:MoralUni.png]] Moral Universalism - If it can feel happiness, it has moral worth.
 * [[File:PCB-Mill.png]] John Stuart Mill - One of my most famous advocates.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Hedonism-cloud.png]] Hedonism - Why do you only care about your own happiness?

Enemies

 * [[File:Ego.png]] Egoism - You only care about yourself.

Wikipedia

 * [[File:PCB-Wikipedia.png]] Utilitarianism

Literature

 * An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham
 * Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill