Mill's "Proof" of the Principle of Utility: A More than Half-Hearted Defense. / Sayre-Mccord, Geoffrey. In: Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2, 330-360, 2001. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Utilitarianism. In Utilitarianism (1861), J.S. Mill argues that morality is based on a single principle he calls 'Utility' or 'the Greatest Happiness Principle' (GHP). This principle states that the only thing good in itself is happiness . Happiness is identified with pleasure and the absence of pain: "By happiness is intended ...
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How does mill defend utilitarianism? The ethical theory of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) is most extensively articulated in his classical text Utilitarianism (1861). Its goal is to justify the utilitarian principle as the foundation of morals. This principle says actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote overall human happiness.
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J. S. MILL'S "PROOF" OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY R. F. ATKINSON IN Chapter 4 of his essay Utilitarianism, "Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is susceptible," J. S. Mill undertakes to prove, in some sense of that term, the principle of utility. It has very commonly been argued that in the course of this "proof" Mill commits two very ...
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DOI: 10.1017/S0953820800001321 Corpus ID: 145282696. J. S. Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility @article{Raphael1994JSM, title={J. S. Mill's Proof of the ...
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In Chapter 4 of his essay Utilitarianism, "Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is susceptible," J. S. Mill undertakes to prove, in some sense of that term, the principle of utility. It has very commonly been argued that in the course of this "proof" Mill commits two very obvious fallacies. The first is the naturalistic fallacy (the fallacy of holding that a value judgment ...
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Summary This chapter contains section titled: Alternatives to Mill's Methodology Conclusion Skip to Article Content; Skip to Article Information; Search within. Search term. Advanced Search ... Mill's "Proof" of the Principle of Utility. Henry R. West. Search for more papers by this author. Henry R. West. Search for more papers by this ...
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Mill's proof for the principle of utility notes that no fundamental principle is capable of a direct proof. Instead, the only way to prove that general happiness is desirable is to show man's desire for it. His proof is as follows: If X is the only thing desired, then X is the only thing that ought to be desired. ...
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Mill's utilitarianism is very closely tied to his instrumentalism; that his argument for the Principle of Utility, while tight, is deeply incoherent; that the incoherence stems from an incoherence ...
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Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility *. Elijah Millgram; Elijah Millgram. Search for more articles by this author
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Mill's utilitarianism is very closely tied to his instrumentalism; that his argument for the Principle of Utility, while tight, is deeply incoherent; that the incoherence stems from an incoherence in instrumentalism; and that Mill's instrumentalism turns out to have been an island of apriorism in an otherwise empiricist project. It is tempting to think that if Mill had been willing to look to ...
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Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility. The Blackwell guide to Mill's Utilitarianism, 1982. Henry West. Download Download PDF. Full PDF Package Download Full PDF Package. This Paper. A short summary of this paper. 30 Full PDFs related to this paper. Read Paper. Download Download PDF.
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Mill's "Proof" of the Principle of Utility. Neil Cooper - 1969 - Mind 78 (310):278-279. David Lyons, Rights, Welfare, and Mill's Moral Theory, New York, Oxford University Press, 1994, Pp. 224; - Necip Fikri Alican, Mill's Principle of Utility: A Defense of John Stuart Mill's Notorious Proof, Amsterdam, Rodopi B.V. Editions, 1994, Pp.
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Mill establishes the principle of utility by stating that "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 …
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Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility. Author. Henry West. Files. 1 of 2. 20100501221445815.pdf. Mill's Proof of Utilitarianism | Andrew Fyfe - … View Notes - Mill - Proof of Utility from ECON 101 at Adrian College. MILLS PROOF OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY pleasure is the beginning and end of the blessed life. A Critique of Mill's Proof of ...
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4 Mill distinguishes between the standard of conduct and "the criterion of morality," treating the latter as determined by the former (ibid., IV, 9.5).In addition, Mill suggests, at least sometimes, that the morality of an action turns not directly on its effects, but on whether it accords with "the rules and precepts for human conduct, by the observance of which" the best results …
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In Chapter 4 of his essay Utilitarianism, "Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is susceptible," J. S. Mill undertakes to prove, in some sense of that ...
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J. S. Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility - Volume 6 Issue 1. To save this article to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account.
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