The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism 2014
DOI: 10.1017/cco9781139096737.002
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Utilitarianism before Bentham

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“…Like Mozi, they reasoned that God has an interest in impartially maximizing the good. They combined this idea with a theory of the good that was much closer to Bentham's, namely, the good consists in maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain in rational beings (Heydt 2014).…”
Section: A Religious Route To Impartial Moralitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Like Mozi, they reasoned that God has an interest in impartially maximizing the good. They combined this idea with a theory of the good that was much closer to Bentham's, namely, the good consists in maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain in rational beings (Heydt 2014).…”
Section: A Religious Route To Impartial Moralitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although one could make a case for substituting ‘the universe’ for ‘God’ in premise (c), there's no indication that the Anglican utilitarians would have accepted that, and, without (a) and (b), the argument falls apart anyway. The Anglicans were clear about their view that “moral obligation requires God and God's sanctions” (Heydt 2014: 26). As noted, Gay (1731/1781: xxxiii) ridiculed those who believed otherwise.…”
Section: A Religious Route To Impartial Moralitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While Cockburn holds a teleological conception of pleasure, she does not equate happiness with pleasure; when she argues that the standard of virtue requires us to promote happiness, she is not 4 For more on Gay, see Heydt (2014) and Lustila (2018). 5 For more on this aspect of her view, see Bolton (1993), Broad (2002, 148-50), and Sheridan (2007).…”
Section: Getting Right With Human Naturementioning
confidence: 99%