 | Irwin Edman - 1920 - 488 หน้า
...theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded — namely, that pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends; and that...to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.1 Simply stated, Utilitarianism says: "Add together all the pleasures promised by a contemplated... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1920 - 494 หน้า
...1. " Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends; and all desirable things are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain." 2. " It would be absurd that, while, in estimating all other things, quality is considered as well... | |
 | George Stuart Fullerton - 1922 - 404 หน้า
...pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things . . . are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain." * The pleasure here intended is not the selfish pleasure of the individual. Utilitarianism is not Cyrenaicism.... | |
 | George Stuart Fullerton - 1922 - 400 หน้า
...unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure." This means, he adds, " that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things . . . are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the promotion of... | |
 | Gustavus Watts Cunningham - 1924 - 506 หน้า
...Pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and all desirable things ... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain." * (2) ENERGISM. This is the theory that the end by which goodness is to be measured is the full expression... | |
 | James Seth - 1926 - 260 หน้า
...theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded " is " that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends ; and...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain." 1 All that Mill is attempting to prove, therefore, is that the object of aggregate desire, since it... | |
 | Edwin Arthur Burtt - 1928 - 620 หน้า
...of pleasure. . . . Pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends, and ... all desirable things (which are as numerous in the...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. . . . The happiness which forms the utilitarian standard of what is right in conduct, is not the agent's... | |
 | Bhikhu C. Parekh - 1993 - 616 หน้า
...the means employed but the end achieved is important. "All desirable things," as Mr. Mill tells us, "are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the prevention of pain." But after the exclusion of everything except pleasure and pain, nothing is left... | |
 | Kurt Bayertz - 1994 - 376 หน้า
...maximisation of pleasure and a minimisation of displeasure. With his assertion that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that...the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain (ibid., p. 210) Mill seems to follow on in the same tradition. Interpreting the utilitarian principle... | |
 | Necip Fikri Alican - 1994 - 264 หน้า
...theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded — namely, that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that...promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. (U.II.2; CW.X.210) Here, Mill discusses two aspects of his principle of utility ("Greatest Happiness... | |
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... pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the... 
