PHIL 2010H Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Harriet Taylor Mill, John Stuart Mill
2 May 2017
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Intellectual, completely self-educated as he grew up. Feels as though kant is really considering the probable consequences but not really admitting it, and sees that there is a problem with this. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure. Greatest happiness of greatest number: the standard is not the agent"s own greatest happiness but the greatest amount of happiness altogether. Your unhappiness may have to give way, in addition to the happiness of some other people. Quantity vs. quality of pleasure: it is quite compatible with the principle of utility to recognize the fact that some kinds of pleasure are more desirable and more valuable than others.
