Deontology

A Theory of Utilitarianism. This deals with pleasure or pain. As humans we seek to gain immediate pleasure and to avoid pain. Bentham argues that all human action can be put into an equation. This equation has seven factors:

1. Intensity of pleasure or pain.

2. Duration of pleasure or pain.

3. Certainty /Uncertainty of pleasure or pain.

4. Remoteness of pleasure or pain.

5. Chances of the same effects being repeated.

6. Chances of same effects NOT being repeated.

7. Number of people affected by pleasure or pain arising as a result of the actions in question.

Examples of human action that Bentham says can be put into this equation are: Altruism, Love, Duty, Faith, and Obedience to the law. He believed