Utilitarianism/ differences between

Explain the Main Difference Between…. A-Bentham and Mill’s Understanding of Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham dismissed appeal to the Bible, conscience or Natural Law as empty and meaningless. He was a radical empiricist, believing that knowledge had to come from the senses, he also thought it was possible to provide a single scientifically objective standard of morality (The Principle of Utility). Bentham thought human beings should classify and measure any action in terms of how many …

…following certain moral rules, the idea is that more good consequences will result if people follow certain moral rules than if they try to bring about the best consequences on each and every occasion. Rule utilitarianism involves an indirect appeal to the principle of utility, whereas Act utilitarianism involves a direct appeal one. First establishes the rules to follow by directly appealing to the principle of utility; then one decides on which rule to follow.