Act utilitarianism

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Act utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics that states that a person's act is morally right if and only if it produces the best possible results in that specific situation. Classical utilitarians, including Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Sidgwick, define happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain.[1]

  1. ^ Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (2011). "Consequentialism". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.