... God or following rules, they merely believe morality is about happiness. There were two philosophers who revolutionised utilitarianism, these were Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill and they believed that there was one ultimate moral principle, which was named "the Principle of Utility". This principle set out ... Utilitarianism takes a consequentialist view in which all that matters is the consequences of people's actions and whether they produce happiness. The utilitarian theorist, John Stuart Mill commented, "The utilitarian doctrine is that happiness is desirable, as an end; all oth...

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