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I watched through the crack in the office door as he entered the rooht outthat it was eed and his head bowed That only seeirl he’d snubbedhis arrival and attention? I told nore that he was here

Clutching my notes, I stepped out of the professor’s office into the classroo his headhis standard jeans and a black sleeveless T-shirt, his hair the same sexily tousled style as usual, and a quiet smile broke onto his face as he realised it wasme with a brief, "Shakespeare," then climbed the stairs to take his usual seat Shelly tried to take his hand, but he pulled it free frorasp with a hard stare, and she crossed her arether as Professor Ross entered the rooin

I stepped up to the lectern and took a deep breath "Hey, everyone Professor Ross asked me to lead today’s se sessions, I will be giving brief notes on thesome exa ument like the back of my hand

"In simple terms, the idea of utilitarianism is the theory that actions of an individual are based on the fact that we, as hu decisions Therefore, this argus to feel good, are driven by the quest for pleasure Jeremy Bentham proposed that humans operate on a pleasure-pain principle, ie that we seek pleasure and avoid pain at all costs"

I surveyed the students to ood "Bentham believed that this principle could be adapted to society as a whole and that it would function better if it operated on a systereatest amount of people This is evident in ood example is the e vote in a democracy The majority vote benefits most people Therefore, the majority of people in that society are happy, ie feel pleasure at the outcoh and someone shuffled loudly in their seat My eyes honed in on the direction of the disruption, and I saw Ro forward, his attention focused onupon steepled hands

My internal annoyance athered nore hi the concept of the pleasure-pain principle and whether huree in the most part with this theory--"

"Really?"

I snapped athered by their reaction that he wasn’t a regular talker in class

"Pardon?"

He rolled his pencil between his fingers, fixing ree with Benthain to burn in agitation "Then the answer is yes, you heard correctly"

"Huh!" he dis his attention to Ally, who had elbowed hirier Rude actions always had that effect on me I tried to remain professional, I always tried to be professional, but so to snap Ro tohihtened and he pulled back the pencil to hold in his hand "I just think it’s foolishly idealistic to think in such a way, Shakespeare, and for someone of your supposed intellect, I’m surprised it carinded together I went to further explainanalogy you gave: greatest good for the greatest nuood for society, as most people would be happy with the result, but all I see are flaws What if the ‘ are bad or have ill intent and the er due to the fact that they’re outnumbered? What if the person you voted in has ulterior oes back on what they said they would do?