Synopsis:
- Utilitarianism
- Laws of nature control the universe and the mind
- The environment controls the body
- The mind is only an organ
- Ethics
- The moral value of an action depends on its outcome: a good action is one that has a good outcome
- The best action is the one that pleases the greatest number of people
- "Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends" and viceversa (the only desirable things are those that promote pleasure and prevent pain)
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