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An Analysis of John Stuart Mills's Utilitarianism (Hardcover)
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An Analysis of John Stuart Mills's Utilitarianism (Hardcover)
Series: The Macat Library
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John Stuart Mill's 1861 Utilitarianism remains one of the most
widely known and influential works of moral philosophy ever
written. It is also a model of critical thinking - one in which
Mill's reasoning and interpretation skills are used to create a
well-structured, watertight, persuasive argument for his position
on core questions in ethics. The central question, for Mill, was to
decide upon a valid definition of right and wrong, and reason out
his moral theory from there. Laying down valid, defensible
definitions is a crucial aspect of good interpretative thinking,
and Mill gets his in as early as possible. Actions are good, he
suggests, if they increase happiness, and bad if they reduce
happiness. But, vitally, it is not our own happiness that matters,
but the total happiness of all those affected by a given action.
From this interpretation of moral good, Mill is able to
systematically reason out a coherent framework for calculating and
judging overall happiness, while considering different kinds and
qualities of happiness. Like any good example of reasoning, Mill's
argument consistently takes account of possible objections,
building them into the structure of the book in order to
acknowledge and counter them as he goes.
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