J.E.B. Stuart

Utilitarianism and Libertarianism PO-406-01 Criminal Justice Seminar Olivia Guiney February 18th 2016 When I consider Utilitarianism and the principal of utility, I first consider our inherent nature. Our nature and our own fostered environment have us under the governance of “Two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. For pain and pleasure dictates how we live, the decisions we make and the chains of cause and effect. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by…

John Stuart Mill argues that when he is focused on a goal other than his own happiness, such as to other people’s happiness, on improving mankind, on pursuit of art, or other pursuit, then he finds happiness along the way. He feels that enjoyments in life become pleasant when they are enjoyed in passing and not made a principal pursuit. If you have pursuing happiness your main goal, Mill theorizes that your happiness is not achieved, but instead it becomes inadequate. Thus, Mill contends that…

acts and used it to push boundaries in some of their most famous punch lines. Humor is a tool used to discuss, poke fun, and lift spirits about more serious topics in life. What might offend some might make another smile. Author of “On Liberty”, John Stuart Mill, makes the argument…

John Stuart Mill Biography John Stuart Mill was born in London on May 20, 1802. He was an economist, philosopher and political theorist. He was the eldest of nine children of historian and economist, James Mill and his wife, Harriet Barrow Mill. By the age of fourteen, John had learned Greek, Latin, mathematics, history, logic and political economy. At the age of fourteen, John went to pursue his studies in France and in the following years, he edited Jeremy Bentham’s manuscripts on the theory…

Wolf rejects self interest theory in ethics. Both Egoism and Utilitarianism is based on self interest, though they differ from each other in a significant way. Egoism seeks happiness for the individual, whereas utilitarianism seeks happiness for the majority. It seems to Wolf that self interest is grounded on purely subjective phenomena, and hence, declares the subjective feature of a life. The problem she identifies with utilitarianism is that the theory needs something more than happiness…

When researching one particular solution to a problem, it is difficult to be entirely objective in relation to the other possible solutions. In particular, this is an ethical problem when applying for funding to make a living. In the context of fusion research, the historical perspective leads to an additional complication: it is difficult to give up after investing half a century trying to solve a problem. In order to not fall for, or at least be aware of these incentives to communicate…

J.J.C. Smart maintains that there are two types of utilitarianism and that one is the correct and true form of utilitarianism and the other is not. Smart gives many reasons why one is the right version and the other is wrong but ultimately, there is an objection to the version he defends. Smart believes that there are two types of utilitarianism, restricted and extreme. Restricted utilitarianism has moral rules that everyone must follow even if breaking the rule means greater utility. Extreme…

The search for the greatest way to reduce suffering and increase happiness has been a search that has confused and inspired philosophers all the way down to Aristotle and beyond. Each proposed a system that supposedly if implemented would create a utopia like world. One such implementation is utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an efficient way that if implemented would accomplish its goal. However, it is brutal, enable the act of racism, and does not take into account the feelings of minorities.…

John Stuart Mill is considered one of the most notorious philosopher in the late nineteen century who on morality grounds defended the idea of utilitarianism. Mill constructively argued that being cultured is what was the soul to happiness and if one' was to keep happiness on the highest level of morality then it would lead to higher goals and ambitions. Mill's explained the relation between how pigs and humans evaluated behavior in a philosophical manner, he was content with the idea that a…

The current affair of lowering the legal voting age, has been a concern brimming in the Australian society, for a while now. The labour leader, Bill Shorten, pledged to lower the voting age to 16 if elected. In response to Shorten's pledge, Judith Bessant adopts an indignant tone, in her opinion piece entitled "Lowering voting age to 16 just one step to restore public trust in politics", to unveil her support for Shorten, whilst also highlighting the flaws in his statements. Targeting the…