"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure."
ALGORITHM OUTPUT
Bentham thought he had found a way to make morality a science. If we can measure the intensity, duration, and certainty of pleasure and pain, we can calculate the right thing to do.
Does maximizing happiness justify throwing Christians to lions? Or torturing a terrorist's daughter? If the math works, Utilitarianism says yes.
"The Ford Pinto Case: Ford calculated that adding a safety shield ($11/part) was more expensive than paying for the expected deaths ($200,000/life). The math was correct. The morality was not."