How Did John Stuart Mill Use Calculus?

For John Stewart Mill, the resolution of the case study considers the outcome of the moral decision and involves the weight of pain against pleasure, calculus, and a consideration to higher, elite pleasures. Mill’s utilitarianism is supported and influenced by Jeremy Bentham’s philosophy, both of which call for the weighing of the pleasures of an action against the pains of those actions. Furthermore, in making a moral decision, one should use calculus by simply taking a vote of the polis and adhering to the greatest good for the greatest amount of people, known as the “common good.” Here, humans may sacrifice their wants and self-interests for the common good since utilitarianism obeys to a non-egoistic approach. Additionally, Mill’s philosophy also states …show more content…
In the film, Mill would first analyze the pains and pleasures of each side of the argument. Allowing Ken to remain in the hospital would bring him much pain as he is almost clinically depressed and no longer has the will to live; his doctors and friends at the hospital also experience this pain as they speak to him and watch him suffer every day. Some pleasures could be that the hospital staff do really care about Ken and desire him to continue to be part of his life, and also, Ken could potentially find pleasure in a new hobby such as reading or writing, which are ideas presented to him by a therapist in the movie. However, the previously stated pains outweigh the pleasures, as the pleasures are only distant possibilities and scarcely mention elite pleasures. There appears to be no calculus that would evidently support this