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May 16, 2024 · John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, economist, and exponent of utilitarianism. He was prominent as a publicist in the reforming age of the 19th century and remains of lasting interest as a logician and an ethical theorist.
2 days ago · John Stuart Mill believed in the philosophy of utilitarianism, which he would describe as the principle that holds "that actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
May 31, 2024 · John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) is most famous for further developing utilitarianism and advocating children's and women's rights and the abolition of slavery. Related Content Filters:
4 days ago · Benthamism, the utilitarian philosophy founded by Jeremy Bentham, was substantially modified by his successor John Stuart Mill, who popularized the term utilitarianism. In 1861, Mill acknowledged in a footnote that, though Bentham believed "himself to be the first person who brought the word 'utilitarian' into use, he did not invent it.
Jun 3, 2024 · A highly influential English philosopher of the Victorian Era, most famous for further developing utilitarianism and advocating children's and women's rights and the abolition of slavery
May 30, 2024 · Lately I’ve been reading articles about the ethical philosophy of John Stuart Mill, the great refiner of utilitarianism. In this blog post I will share my thoughts, intuitions, criticisms, and conclusions I’ve drawn from the various articles.
4 days ago · For Bentham, pleasure is the ultimate value. Later, John Stuart Mill distinguished between higher and lower pleasures and argued that higher pleasures should be given greater weight. In the 20th century, authors such as R. M. Hare determined that maximal satisfaction of preferences is the value to be sought.
