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JS Mill Discussion
John Stuart Mill-Utilitarianism
- Explain John Stuart Mill’s Ethical Theory, commonly called “Utilitarianism” (sometimes summed up as choosing “the greatest good for the greatest number of people”). How does he expand on Jeremy Bentham’s views. How is this fundamentally different from Kant’s “Deontological Ethics?”
- Given this view of “Utilitarianism,” which seems to suggest that the end justifies the means, and further, that human beings are NOT ends in themselves, what would he say about those who are “differently-abled?” (either emotionally, mentally, or physically handicapped) in the following video:
3. Finally, what would Utilitarianism bring to your own research that you are working on for your final research paper and presentation?
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Utilitarianism
According to John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism is a principle which states that happiness is
the intended pleasures with lack of pain while unhappiness experiences flourishment with
constant and lack of satisfaction. He further argued that every desired thing becomes exposed
only to such attributes due to the joys extracted from it or even to promote pleasures in it and
looking for all means of preventing or doing away with the comforts. The traditional egoistic
hedonism which was Bentham’s ...