...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,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." l He makes right and wrong '' questions of observation and experience." He denies that...

...theory." Mr. Mill gives the following tolerably full definition of his professed faith. He says : " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...happiness ; wrong, as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the...

...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...

...le plus désirable (2).... C'est • un fait indubitable que ceux qui connaissent et apprécient (1) The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiuess. By happiness is intendedpleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the...

...chapter of General Remarks, he proposes (Chapter II.) to enquire, What Utilitarianism is? This creed holds that actions are right in proportion as they...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the...

...chapter of General Remarks, he proposes (Chapter II.) to enquire, What Utilitarianism is ? This creed holds that actions are right in proportion as they...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the...

...proceeds to give a very clear definition of what the term Utilitarianism means. This system implies ' that actions ' are right in proportion as they tend...happiness, ' wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends ; and all desirable...

...14. Mr. Mill accordingly defines the principle of utility, without any special reference to man. ' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — -Utilitarianism, pp. 0—10. 3 The exception of course being domestic animals, which...

...chapter of General Remarks, he proposes (Chapter II.) to enquire, What Utilitarianism is? This creed holds that actions are right in proportion as they...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the...

...reader has not forgotten the utilitarian formula which I quoted some time since from Mr Mill', viz. ' that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, and wrong as they do the reverse.' This to me immediately suggests the question, What sort of happiness...