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How will Bentham justify his morality and how, according to him, can joy and suffering be measured?

05880fioeh June 11, 2020 at 13:04 1000 views 0 comments
Hello,

I have here a questionnaire with the question "How will Bentham justify his morals?" and the answer is
(a) rationally
(b) emotional
(c) empirical
(d) mathematically
at your disposal. I would go for d) because he tried to make his model mathematically waterproof. What do you think about that? Is my answer correct?

And also, could someone perhaps help me with this question: "According to Bentham, the value of a lot of joy or suffering can be measured by the following factors:
a) duration, b) sensuality, c) intensity, d) closeness/distance, e) certainty, f) consequences, g) purity, h) repetition
Here I would choose a), b), f) and h). Is that right or is there someone who could possibly correct me?

For help, I would be really grateful and thank you in advance!

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