PH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Ninetynine
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It hence is concerned with the question of right conduct: what is it that makes an action right, a form of consequentialism, all actions are right or wrong in virtue of the value of their consequences. In principle, any action can be good or bad, depending on the happiness (or reverse thereof) it produces. "pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends. : that does not mean the other things wouldn"t be desirable, but these other things are always desirable in virtue of the happiness they create. Distinction between forms of happiness: mill believes that some forms of happiness are more worthwhile than others, this distinguishes him from other utilitarian, e. g. Jeremy bentham: "pushpin is as good as poetry. : compare mill: "it is between to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be a socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. , an empirical argument.
