...utilitarian school, on the contrary, have maintained that we have no proof of such an intuitional sense ; that actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. But since they have never assigned any other reason for the desire to produce general happiness than...

...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...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...

...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first person who brought the...

...following definition is given, ri:.. — "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utilitv. or the greatest happiness principle; holds that actions...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiuess, pain, and the privation...

...remarks in application to Human Government. CHAPTER II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS. MR. MILL, (p. 9) says : " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...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...

...developed." " The proper limit to self-indulgence is that one shall neither hurt himself nor hurt others." " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong in proportion as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure,...

...by doing so they can hope to contribute any thing towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,...

...explanation which he has given is that, " Utility holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend te promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." There is nothing newjn this, and nobody ever dispute3Tt7^ut there is not much explanation in this....

...doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* ., The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,...

...has said elsewhere. Mr. Mill is a most consistent and earnest advocate of the utilitarian theon-. " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." l He makes right and wrong '' questions of observation and experience." He denies that there are innate...