...object and end of life is pleasure : which is the position laid down in so many words by Mill (1. c.), that " actions are right in proportion' as they tend to promote happiness ;" and " by happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain." If Hedonism were sound doctrine,...

...Utilitarian doctrine is explained by Mill with sufficient accuracy in pp. 9 and 10, where he says— ' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up...

...is to be classed among intuitionalists. Mr. John Stuart Mill defines Utilitarianism as follows : " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, ard the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure." The most prominent...

...Mill's position. He opens his argument by explaining what utilitarianism is. He tells us, first, that "the creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." l And he says, " This " (ie, an existence exempt as far as possible from pain, and as rich as possible...

...Intuitional scheme. UTILITARIAN, OB HAPPINESS THEORY. — The basis here is the sensibility of our nature. " Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness" (JS Mill's Utilitarianism, p. 9). Scheme of Evolution. — " Conduct is a whole, and, in a sense, it...

...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,...Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in pro. * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first person who brought...

...look at nature intelligently. We proceed to show, briefly, how Mill dealt with the materials at hand. "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...is intended pleasure , and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure."1) We are to regard man, for ethical purposes, as...

...contended for the utilitarian, or hedonist, theory. The latter says, in exposition of the theory : " The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."2 He remarks further: "To think of an object as desirable and to think of it as pleasant...

...Mill declares that the foundation of morals is in the principle of greatest happiness, which means that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, and wrong if they tend to produce pain. With each the first question is, whence is the ideal ? Mill...

...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation l. The creed which accepts as the foundation ! of morals,...is intended pleasure and the absence of pain ; by un. nappiness, pain and the privation of plea"sure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set...