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...knowledge and culture so far above the narrowness of a philosophical sect. " The creed," says Mr Mill, " which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility,...happiness ; wrong, as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by uuhappiness, pain and the...

...and painful experience characteristic of our Feelings. The Ethical Theory may be summarized thus : ' Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Mill's Utilitarianism, p. 9. In view of this, the theory is named ' The Happiness Theory,'...

...pleasure and also the abatements of pain, is the end of action/' a " The creed," says Mr. JS Mill, " which accepts as the foundation of Morals, Utility,...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...

...of pain, is the end of action."2 " The creed," says Mr. JS MUI, "which accepts as the .foundation bf Morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness principle,...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...

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...condense the lessons of experience through long ages of mankind. Mr Mill's definition is in these words. "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...

...condense the lessons of experience through long ages of mankind. Mr Mill's definition is in these words. "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...

...and painful experience characteristic of our Feelings. The Ethical Theory may be summarized thus : ' Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Mill's Utilitarianism, p. 9. In view of this, the theory is named ' The Happiness Theory,'...