The greatest happiness for the greatest number.

The end justifies the means.

Virtue is the highest good.

Pleasure is the only good.

John Stuart Mill

Jeremy Bentham

David Hume

Immanuel Kant

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote virtue.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote wealth.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote power.

Act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of individual actions, while rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of general rules.

Act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of general rules, while rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of individual actions.

Act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both individual actions and general rules.

Rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both individual actions and general rules.

A thought experiment in which a person must choose between saving five people tied to a track by sacrificing one person or doing nothing and allowing all five people to die.

A thought experiment in which a person must choose between saving one person tied to a track by sacrificing five people or doing nothing and allowing the one person to die.

A thought experiment in which a person must choose between saving five people tied to a track by sacrificing themselves or doing nothing and allowing all five people to die.

A thought experiment in which a person must choose between saving one person tied to a track by sacrificing themselves or doing nothing and allowing the one person to die.

It is too consequentialist.

It is too deontological.

It is too subjective.

It is too objective.

Kantianism

Virtue ethics

Egoism

Stoicism

Consequentialism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of actions based on their consequences, while deontology evaluates the rightness or wrongness of actions based on their inherent rightness or wrongness.

Consequentialism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of actions based on their inherent rightness or wrongness, while deontology evaluates the rightness or wrongness of actions based on their consequences.

Consequentialism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both actions and rules based on their consequences, while deontology evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both actions and rules based on their inherent rightness or wrongness.

Consequentialism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both actions and rules based on their inherent rightness or wrongness, while deontology evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both actions and rules based on their consequences.

A principle that allows for the intentional killing of an innocent person if it is the only way to prevent a greater evil.

A principle that allows for the unintentional killing of an innocent person if it is the only way to prevent a greater evil.

A principle that allows for the intentional killing of an innocent person if it is the only way to save a greater number of people.

A principle that allows for the unintentional killing of an innocent person if it is the only way to save a greater number of people.

Positive utilitarianism focuses on maximizing happiness, while negative utilitarianism focuses on minimizing suffering.

Positive utilitarianism focuses on minimizing suffering, while negative utilitarianism focuses on maximizing happiness.

Positive utilitarianism focuses on both maximizing happiness and minimizing suffering, while negative utilitarianism focuses on neither.

Negative utilitarianism focuses on both maximizing happiness and minimizing suffering, while positive utilitarianism focuses on neither.

Hedonism

Eudaimonia

Preference utilitarianism

Average utilitarianism

Preference utilitarianism takes into account the preferences of individuals, while hedonistic utilitarianism does not.

Hedonistic utilitarianism takes into account the preferences of individuals, while preference utilitarianism does not.

Preference utilitarianism takes into account both the preferences of individuals and the amount of happiness produced, while hedonistic utilitarianism takes into account only the amount of happiness produced.

Hedonistic utilitarianism takes into account both the preferences of individuals and the amount of happiness produced, while preference utilitarianism takes into account only the amount of happiness produced.

Total utilitarianism takes into account the total amount of happiness produced, while average utilitarianism takes into account the average amount of happiness produced.

Average utilitarianism takes into account the total amount of happiness produced, while total utilitarianism takes into account the average amount of happiness produced.

Total utilitarianism takes into account both the total amount of happiness produced and the average amount of happiness produced, while average utilitarianism takes into account neither.

Average utilitarianism takes into account both the total amount of happiness produced and the average amount of happiness produced, while total utilitarianism takes into account neither.

Rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of general rules based on their consequences, while act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of individual actions based on their consequences.

Act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of general rules based on their consequences, while rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of individual actions based on their consequences.

Rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both general rules and individual actions based on their consequences, while act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of neither.

Act utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of both general rules and individual actions based on their consequences, while rule utilitarianism evaluates the rightness or wrongness of neither.