Jeremy Bentham proposed that people acted in a way that brought them the greatest pleasure and the least pain and that they would not commit crime if the pain of punishment was greater than what might be gained from carrying out the crime.This idea was known as Bentham's ________.
A)liberalism factionalism
B)hedonistic calculus
C)ethnocentrism differentiation
D)utilitarianism integration

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Bentham's idea is known as the "hedonistic calculus," which is the weighing of the potential pleasure versus pain of an action in order to determine whether it is likely to be carried out. The other answer choices are not related to Bentham's philosophy.

Jeremy Bentham Proposed That People Acted in a Way That