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Utilitarianism and Hedonism are philosophies that advocate increasing to the maximum the a ...nkind. On the one hand, Jeremy Bentham (usually regarded as the founder of Utilitarianism) and Beth Dixon[ both argue that they do, the latter, however, in a careful

''[[Utilitarianism]]'' is a form of consequentialism, where punishment is forward-looking. Jus ...d of others, so long as everyone’s good is taken impartially into account. Utilitarianism, in general, argues that the standard of justification for actions, institu

...ionally, [[philosophers]] of punishment have contrasted retributivism with utilitarianism. For utilitarians, punishment is forward-looking, justified by a purported

...]] regarded one or both of two pragmatic topics: how (or whether) to apply utilitarianism to problems of political policy, or how (or whether) to apply [[economic]]

...ly in regard to the theory of the greatest good for the greatest number) [[utilitarianism|utilitarian]]s; [[John Stuart Mill]] set out a large framework for a utilit