Jeremy Bentham Quote

The principle of utility judges any action to be right by the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interests are in question... if that party be the community the happiness of the community, if a particular individual, the happiness of that individual.

Introduction (1789 edition) - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789; 1823)

The principle of utility judges any action to be right by the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose...

The principle of utility judges any action to be right by the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose...

The principle of utility judges any action to be right by the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose...

The principle of utility judges any action to be right by the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose...