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Values: Values are fundamental beliefs that guide behavior, representing principles individuals hold dear, influencing choices and attitudes towards oneself, others, and the world. See also Beliefs, Behavior, Individuals, Community, Norms, Principles, Decisions, Decision-making processes, Decision theory.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Jeremy Bentham on Values - Dictionary of Arguments

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Values/Utilitarianism/Bentham: Thesis: Benefit, Pleasure, Advantage, Good or Happiness all result in the same thing, if it leads to maximization of pleasure or reduction of discomfort.(1)
>Utility
, >Utility theory, >The good, cf. >Utilitarianism.
VsBentham/Peter Singer: some authors argue, something can be in my interest...
I 87
...whether it causes pleasure or less pain.
>Interest.
BenthamVsVs/P. Singer: to defend Bentham, we would have to accept pleasure and pain as objective values. To do this, however, we would have to determine the nature of these objective values and explain how we can know about them.
>Pain.

J. Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), chap. 1 pars. II, V)

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Benth I
J. Bentham
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Mineola, NY 2007

SingerP I
Peter Singer
Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011

SingerP II
P. Singer
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015


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