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The greatest good

Bentham's and Mill's idea that the right choice does the most good - most happiness, least suffering - for everyone it touches, each person counting for one. Impartial, but good is hard to add up.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can apply the greatest good to a choice, name its strengths, and say why adding up good is hard.

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Depths of understanding

  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can apply the greatest good to a choice, name its strengths, and say why adding up good is hard.

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    ConsequencesThe greatest good adds up everyone's consequences.Treating like cases alikeCounting each person once is treating like cases alike.

Your path here

What's still between you and The greatest good, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Harm and consentDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17ConsequencesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  18. 18Treating like cases alikeDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  19. 19The greatest goodDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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