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Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 59 pages

Utilitarianism is John Stuart Mill's philosophical essay defending the greatest happiness principle as the foundation of morality. In clear chapters, Mill explains what utility means, its ultimate sanction, possible proof, and its relation to justice. It remains a concise introduction to a major ethical theory and to Mill's reasoned prose.

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UTILITARIANISM
BY
JOHN STUART MILL
REPRINTED FROM 'FRASER'S MAGAZINE'
SEVENTH EDITION
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1879
CONTENTS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL REMARKS
CHAPTER II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS
CHAPTER III. OF THE ULTIMATE SANCTION OF THE
PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY
CHAPTER IV. OF WHAT SORT OF PROOF THE PRINCIPLE OF
UTILITY IS SUSCEPTIBLE
CHAPTER V. OF THE CONNEXION BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
UTILITY
UTILITARIANISM.

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Contents

  1. UTILITARIANISM
  2. JOHN STUART MILL
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. UTILITARIANISM.
  5. CHAPTER I.
  6. CHAPTER II.
  7. CHAPTER III.
  8. CHAPTER IV.
  9. CHAPTER V.
  10. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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