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Bentham's Scale

  • Intensity
  • Duration
  • Certainty
  • Propinquity (how soon it will happen)
  • Fecundity (how much pleasure)
  • Purity ($\frac{Pleasure}{Pain}$)
  • Extent (how many people benefit)
    • If you're acting publicly, spread as much pleasure you can
  1. How to Be Perfect
  2. The Trolly Problem