 Now this sounds as if Hutcheson is espousing a relatively straightforward utilitarianism. After all, the morality of an action is determined, on this view, by whether or not an agent produces the greatest “publick Good” he or she can. In addition, “Publick Good”, here, is understood by Hutcheson to mean the “natural Good of Mankind” (Inquiry, 91) where “natural good” (more on this later) is understood to mean a person’s happiness, defined in hedonistic terms (Inquiry, 86; Essay, 87). Putting this all together, we get a standard, run-of-the-mill, hedonistic utilitarianism.