Reflection Of The Historical Evolution And Contemporary Value Of Utilitarian Thought

Western utilitarianism has experienced a long development process, but its most important form of theory is still reflected Bentham and Mill's utilitarian doctrine. The utilitarianism thoughts involve philosophy, political science, ethnics, law, economics and many other disciplines, is a comprehensive doctrine. With the utilitarian related researches, a lot of papers, whether for or against utilitarianism, regarded it as an ethical or personal ethics on the comprehensive theory that utilitarianism to direct our giving to guide individual behavior and choices and evaluation. Despite this, no one now makes special comb on utilitarianism.So, I start from the history of utilitarianism, re-comb the historical development of utilitarianism.Utilitarianism seeks to demonstrate the origin of their own strengths and weaknesses, which may make somebody understand the behavior and practice depends on accuracy and error of only those behavior and practice of the parties affected by the general welfare of all the result; the so-called acts of moral right or wrong means that the overall arising out of acts in terms of good or evil, not the act itself. Epicureans of ancient Greece that the pursuit of happiness utilitarianism is a spiritual joy, not the flesh is the joy. After the modern times, the most utilitarian pursued the overwhelming majority of the well-being of most people is not only a spiritual happiness, but also a sensory pleasure and evaluation of reference for things. Since then, utilitarianism has been different from the interpretation of ancient Greece. Therefore, by sorting out the evolution of the utilitarian ideology, to better enable people to understand how utilitarianism, utilitarian characteristics, utilitarian as reasonable, utilitarian theory of ideology in the meaning of our lives and we should reflect how to adjust our lives.This article is divided into four parts, the main contents are as follows: ChapterⅠ:Evolution of utilitarian sort included the ancient Greek, medieval and modern evolution of utilitarianism. To understand the development of utilitarianism is inseparable from the development community.ChapterⅡ:In the first part of the basis, the author commentates the utility and utilitarianism, which may maka people profoundly understand the joy and pain, good and evil, personal interests and social interests of the difference. Subsequently, the introduction of the utilitarian features. Finally, the utilitarian merit is that it is to judge people's behavior based on real value. Therefore, in the pursuit of happiness of most people, while some of it with the current value of our requirements are compatible.ChapterⅢ:starting from the reality shows that the motivation of human behavior-that is to avoid the pain and the pursuit of happiness. At the same time, the writer's pain and pleasure, and different amounts of the different nature of the analysis given. After the distinction between utilitarian and were two different concepts of collectivism in the meaning of life.ChapterⅣ:in-depth analysis of the utilitarian and China's current economic dislocation. In reality, the impact of utilitarianism is profound, so that we know better how to utilitarianism in the context of current economic significance.Conclusion:To summarize the significance of Utilitarianism in its development.