KnowraUtilitarianismLinked fromLinked fromThe 103 pages that link to Utilitarianism, each with the reason it gives.All 103Broader topic 7Related 22Narrower topic 11Compared with 63John Stuart MillNarrower topic: Mill revised this ethical tradition to answer objections about pleasure, justice, and moral motivation.Jeremy BenthamNarrower topic: Bentham made utility—the promotion of happiness and reduction of suffering—the basis of moral and legal judgment.James MillNarrower topic: Mill helped turn Bentham’s principle of utility into a program for social and political reform.Peter SingerNarrower topic: Singer uses consequentialist reasoning to compare the harms and benefits of choices.Population ethicsNarrower topic: Many population-ranking principles extend utilitarian ideas from existing people to possible populations.Francis HutchesonNarrower topic: Hutcheson’s happiness-based ranking of actions anticipated a central utilitarian method.On LibertyNarrower topic: Mill grounds his defense of liberty in long-term human welfare, not absolute rights.John BowringNarrower topic: Its reformist principles informed the political milieu in which Bowring developed.Rule utilitarianismNarrower topic: Rule utilitarianism is a version of this broader consequentialist tradition.Classical radicalismNarrower topic: Radicals used utility to challenge laws and privileges they considered socially harmful.Claude Adrien HelvétiusNarrower topic: His appeal to general happiness anticipated central utilitarian themes.