When you look at torture and the idea of torture you also have to look at what both a just and unjust act is. Both Aristotle and Mill discuss justice and injustice along with just and unjust acts. So in order to determine if it is ever permissible to torture another person according to Mill and Aristotle‚ you have to first look at both of their definitions of justice and if the act is just or unjust. In Aristotle’s Book II of Nicomachean Ethics‚ he explains that virtue of character is the mean to
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An excerpt from Exploring Ethics‚ best exemplifies the comparison from Mill and Kant. Kant’s ethical system concentrates exclusively on the reason for an action and does not take into account its results‚ Mill’s system focuses only on consequences. Mill’s explained "that this is the singularity is the basis in which you use
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in the greatest number.” In his essay Utilitarianism‚ John Stuart Mill added a qualitative component to this mathematically driven theory. Mill created a distinction between higher‚ intellectual pleasures and lower‚ bodily pleasures. Mill stated that some pleasures are of a higher quality‚ and therefore are worth more. Additionally he stated that no quantity of a lower pleasure could achieve the same quality as a higher one. Finally‚ Mill proposed that the “competent judge” of pleasure is someone
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MEANINGFUL FREEDOM Freedom of speech is the key element of the real democracies. Freedom of speech is also concerned to the idea that people can speak freely without being stopped‚ or censored. Freedom of speech is briefly hallmark of democracy because democracy is based on independent thoughts of people. In a democratic society people are allowed to express their views freely and peacefully. There will be no democracy if freedom of speech isn’t granted to people. Where there is freedom of
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I.233) or‚ as he also calls it‚ “intuitionism‚” which was espoused in different ways by Kant‚ Reid‚ and their followers in Britain (e.g. Whewell and Hamilton). Though there are many differences among intuitionist thinkers‚ one “grand doctrine” that Mill suggests they all affirm is the view that “the constitution of the mind is the key to the constitution of external nature—that the laws of the human intellect have a necessary correspondence with the objective laws of the universe‚ such that these
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have a governing body that would be able to provide an equal basis for positive and negative freedom for its community members. I will argue that a society built solely upon Mill’s arguments would have a government that would ensure people have negative freedom; however this regime would not provide any significant amount of positive freedoms. I will argue this society and government has mostly negative freedoms with this specific Millian society’s views around: individuality linked to anti-paternalism
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society. In this case‚ what is commonly held as "good" is freedom. Rousseau ’s explanation of social contracts affirms his belief in a common will that derives from his concept that if all individuals freely enter into a social contract based on the general will‚ this establishes authority in the political sovereign as long as it reflects such a will. This "general will" is contrasted with Mill ’s notion of the liberty principle. The work of Mill "On Liberty" is fundamental to understanding the ways
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they tend to promote happiness” (11). That quote is from “Utilitarianism” written by John Stuart Mill. Mill is noted in history as a man who pushed for radical change of social and legal principles using Utilitarianism as his guide. That quote sums up his belief in that theory. In this essay I will be discussing Mill‚ the theory of Utilitarianism and how that theory relates to contemporary ethical issues. Mills was born 20 May 1806 and died in 1873 (MacKinnon 56) just 7 years after marrying his
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beginning of this work of his‚ "The subjection of Women"‚ Mill sets forth the objective of the essay. He explains in clear terms that the legal subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself. This principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality. This principle should admit no power or privileges on the one side or disabilities on the other. Mill rejects society’s claim that the subordination of women is
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In this essay I will attempt to elaborate on John Stuart Mill’s view on Free Speech while also discussing how the opposing side would argue his view on the topic. In this specific topic Mill addresses whether people should be allowed to persuade or limit anyone else’s expression of opinion. Mill argues that everyone should share the equal opportunity of free speech. He supports his theory with four arguments. Mill’s first view is that it is wrong to silence one’s opinion. Actually he would also
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