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Explain Bentham's version of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism, is the 'ethical theory by which actions are judged according to their anticipated results. Jeremy Bentham first brought about utilitarianism. Bentham believed that what is good is that which equals the greatest amount of pleasure or happiness and the least amount of pain and suffering to the maximum amount of people. Jeremy Bentham's theory can be divided into three parts. His research on human nature, and the conclusion that it is something that is motivated by pleasure and pain. Secondly, the principle of utility, which was his moral rule and finally the hedonic calculus, which he created in order for others to measure how good or bad the consequences of an action, was. Firstly, after some extensive research, Bentham, concluded that people would naturally seek pleasure and try very hard to avoid pain: 'Nature had placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain...

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