Mill S Utilitarianism
Mill’s Utilitarianism
1. The main topic discussed in Mill’s for is obviously Utilitarianism and his own interpretation of the definition and what it means. Mill also talks about the misconception people have about utilitarianism and the basis behind his theory. Mill interprets utilitarianism and describes it as happiness and pleasure. He describes how people seek happiness with only the absence of pain. Mill’s theory also goes on the dictate that there are different levels of happiness and it can come in different amounts and quality. Every desire a person has results in seeking happiness. Mill also accounts that the goal to a virtuous life and the ultimate goal of happiness can be achieved with the help of utilitarianism. Mill also goes into great detail on his meaning of happiness and the ups and downs they eventually lead to a virtuous life. Mill also talks about justice and how the rights and regulations set by authority are only in order to help people overall achieve happiness. Mill argues that a person’s actions are good when they lead to pleasure or happiness and bad when they produce the opposite. Mill agrees that some forms of pleasure are better than others and can be easily compared by an individual. Once the greatest form of happiness is achieved, then everything can be based off of that and it can be easier to dictate the highs and lows of ones happiness. Mill also talks about when people make judgments they do so with the overall goal of self-happiness and wouldn’t usually do something that wouldn’t be beneficial for their own good. Mill also makes a good point that only the people who have experienced the highs and lows of happiness can be a fair judge of the quality of pleasure. For example Mill states, “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.” Mill also argues that it is not only correct for people to strive for what makes them personally happy, but to increase the overall amount of happiness in the world. There
1. The main topic discussed in Mill’s for is obviously Utilitarianism and his own interpretation of the definition and what it means. Mill also talks about the misconception people have about utilitarianism and the basis behind his theory. Mill interprets utilitarianism and describes it as happiness and pleasure. He describes how people seek happiness with only the absence of pain. Mill’s theory also goes on the dictate that there are different levels of happiness and it can come in different amounts and quality. Every desire a person has results in seeking happiness. Mill also accounts that the goal to a virtuous life and the ultimate goal of happiness can be achieved with the help of utilitarianism. Mill also goes into great detail on his meaning of happiness and the ups and downs they eventually lead to a virtuous life. Mill also talks about justice and how the rights and regulations set by authority are only in order to help people overall achieve happiness. Mill argues that a person’s actions are good when they lead to pleasure or happiness and bad when they produce the opposite. Mill agrees that some forms of pleasure are better than others and can be easily compared by an individual. Once the greatest form of happiness is achieved, then everything can be based off of that and it can be easier to dictate the highs and lows of ones happiness. Mill also talks about when people make judgments they do so with the overall goal of self-happiness and wouldn’t usually do something that wouldn’t be beneficial for their own good. Mill also makes a good point that only the people who have experienced the highs and lows of happiness can be a fair judge of the quality of pleasure. For example Mill states, “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.” Mill also argues that it is not only correct for people to strive for what makes them personally happy, but to increase the overall amount of happiness in the world. There