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Act Utilitarianism, a form of utilitarianism, is a theory of ethics that states one must consider the potential consequences of their actions, and from that, make a decision that would then generate the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people. Thereby, the maximization of consequences that yield pleasure and the absence of pain are all that is intrinsically good.

[edit] See also

• Rule Utilitarianism
• Preference utilitarianism
• Jeremy Bentham
• John Stuart Mill
• Peter Singer

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