Assignment task: Describe an ethical decision you have made at some time in your life, and try to remember what your reasoning was in coming to a final course of action. Now rate your moral reasoning according to Bentham's Hedonistic Calculus, and then compare your reasoning in the situation with Mill's revised Utilitarian thesis.
Q1. Does your thinking coincide with the tenets of either Bentham's or Mill's version of Utilitarianism?
Q2. Reflect on your own moral decision-making process from the standpoint of Utilitarian ethics (be sure to explain how Mill's version of Utilitarianism differs from Bentham's).
Q3. Do you live your life according to some version of Utilitarianism? Why or why not?