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For Bentham who believed in " The principle of utility, or as he afterward called it, "the greatest-happiness principle, he will definitely tell you to take the money home and claim it
here are excerpts of Betnham's philosophical thoughts:
The first principles of Mr. Bentham's philosophy are these--that happiness, meaning by that term pleasure and exemption from pain, is the only thing desirable in itself; that all other things are desirable solely as means to that end; that the production, therefore, of the greatest possible happiness is the only fit purpose of all human thought and action, and consequently of all morality and government; and moreover, that pleasure and pain are the sole agencies by which the conduct of mankind is in fact governed, whatever circumstances the individual may be placed in, and whether he is aware of it or not.
Mr. Bentham does not appear to have entered very deeply into the metaphysical grounds of these doctrines; he seems to have taken those grounds very much upon the showing of the metaphysicians who preceded him. The principle of utility, or as he afterward called it, "the greatest-happiness principle,
source: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_on_Bentham's_Philosophy
For Kant, its the opposite, he will tell you to surrender the money to the police and obey the law
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