Utilitarianism Essays

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Utilitarianism

Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill represent two opposing schools of ethical thought. From Mill’s utilitarian perspective, the ethical value of anything can be determined based on its consequences, regardless of intent. For Kant, the consequences...

Utilitarianism

The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible is that people hear it: and so of the other sources of our experience. In like manner, I apprehend, the sole...

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Utilitarianism

Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Plato: All influential philosophers with differing opinions on what it means to be marked by morality. One situation in which the opinions of these philosophers could be used to evaluate the morality of a person is in...

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Utilitarianism

In the mind of John Stuart Mill, free education for children is one of the major duties of society in order to maximize not only happiness but a higher form of pleasure. In fact, John Stuart Mill’s version of utilitarianism was the basis of most...