Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill - Books - Independently Published - 9798665133652 - July 12, 2020
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John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism

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Mill took many elements of his version of utilitarianism from Jeremy Bentham, the great nineteenth-century legal reformer, who along with William Paley were the two most influential English utilitarians prior to Mill. Like Bentham, Mill believed that happiness (or pleasure, which both Bentham and Mill equated with happiness) was the only thing humans do and should desire for its own sake. Since happiness is the only intrinsic good, and since more happiness is preferable to less, the goal of the ethical life is to maximize happiness. This is what Bentham and Mill call "the principle of utility" or "the greatest-happiness principle." Both Bentham and Mill thus endorse "classical" or "hedonistic" forms of utilitarianism. More recent utilitarians often deny that happiness is the sole intrinsic good, arguing that a variety of values and consequences should be considered in ethical decision making

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 12, 2020
ISBN13 9798665133652
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 88
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 5 mm   ·   140 g
Language English  

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