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Utilitarianism

Main article: Utilitarianism

In early 19th century Britain, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill promoted the idea that actions are right as they maximize happiness, and happiness alone.

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Utilitarianism

Main article: Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist view in normative ethics that holds morally right actions are those that promote the most human happiness. Jeremy Bentham, who created his version of the theory in 1829, and John Stuart Mill who made his in 1861 are considered the founders utilitarianism, though the basic concept predates either of the two philosophers. Utilitarianism remains as one of the more appealing and compelling views in normative ethics.

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Pragmatism

Main article: Pragmatism

The American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce and William James developed the pragmatist philosophy in the late 19th century.

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Pragmatism

Main article: Pragmatism

The American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce and William James developed the pragmatist philosophy in the late 19th century. This school of thought holds that the value of an idea is based upon its practicability or utility rather than the extent to which it reflects reality.

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