Ethics....and some sex

So...I was trying to figure out what to blog about and a friend suggested sex. I am not so experienced in this area, so I was like....YEAH RIGHT! But then I got to thinking about it. My Ethics class tends to talk about sex a lot. So while studying for my exam I decided to tell you a little about what we have been talking about.

We learned about a theory called Utilitarianism. The main idea to this is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. So I am sure you can figure out how 60 college students took that. We quickly got on to the topic of sex and relationships. Okay I lied...just sex. This class is a lot about in class discussions. Anywho, there are two main theorist to this.

Bentham: Which is considered the "hedonistic" approach to Utilitarianism.
He believes that pleasure is in quantity! As much of a good thing as you can stand.

John Stuart Mill: Which is the "refined" approach to Utilitarianism.
He believes that pleasure is in quality.

Needless to say, I learned a little too much about some of the people in my class. WAY too much when we got onto the topic of sex and Bentham.

I really enjoy this class. This is probably a very boring blog. But I like to talk about Ethics and there are so many theories to cover. Hope you learned something!