John Stuart Mill

moral truths known to be so? A well-known proposal to answer this moral dilemma is the notion of Utilitarianism as presented by John Stuart Mill, in Exploring Ethics. Utilitarianism attempts to solve all questions of morality by presenting criteria that must be met in every situation at all times for a decision to be the morally right thing to do. Through utilitarianism, Mill hypothesizes a philosophy that is theoretically applicable to every universal moral issue. Utility can be defined as a…

that those who are in search of happiness, end up with the opposite effect. This theory of achieving happiness may not be what it seems. Happiness may not be achieved by focusing on one’s own happiness, but by focusing on the happiness of others. John Stuart Mill’s autobiography describes that happiness shouldn’t be treated as a main focus in life, but as something you absorb along the way. Mill’s autobiography states,”Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on…

imposed by authority (such as the government) on ones way of life or behaviour. John Stuart Mill was a 19th century philosopher and political thinker who proposed the question: To what extent does society have the right to control and impose limits on thoughts, beliefs and actions of individuals? He believed that this would be a question of the future and tried to answer this question. In his famous essay On Liberty, Mill sets out to investigate “the nature and limits of the power which can be…

Simplest Statement on the Problem of Evil,” “Some Solutions,” “Evil as a Privation of Goodness,” “The Free-Will Defense,” and “What Even God Cannot Do.” The section entitled “Some Solutions” includes an excerpt from Three Essays on Religion by John Stuart Mill, which asserts that even if God is the creator of the universe, His power may actually be limited (311). This section confronts the issue of any contradictions in the problem of evil. Although an omnibenevolent God and the existence of…

philosophers John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant seem to agree with many aspects of the death penalty. Through the documentation of their philosophical theories, Mill and Kant are able to express their beliefs and concerns to a broad audience; Mill using his notable address to British parliament, “In Favor of Capital Punishment” and Kant through his scholarly writing, The…

that people are well aware that actions shouldn't be as free as opinions1. Consequently, opinions lose protection, when the circumstances and the manner in which they are expressed in constitute an expression that supports some mischievous actions. Mill further disagrees with the Calvinistic theory which believes that humans only become real through compromise and anything that isn't our duty considered as a direct sin. His thought concludes that such a restricted view of humanity contradicts…

western philosophy and science. One of his most influential works is the Nicomachean Ethics, where he puts forward a theory of happiness that is still pertinent today. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher who has had a considerable influence on contemporary moral and political philosophy. Both Aristotle and John Stuart Mill develop their ethical theories around the search for the highest good. They both agree on happiness being the highest good. These two philosophers see eye…

that of John Locke and John Stuart Mill in order to solidify and reinforce their arguments on the resistance to excessive authority. Both John Locke and John Stuart Mill believe in individualism and the ability for people to lead themselves without the help of rigid, tyrannical, authoritarian power which also reflects the beliefs of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is very clear that the Black Lives Matter activists could be able to use major arguments that are posed by Locke and Mill in…

Both John Stuart Mill and John Stuart Mill are credited as being the two major philosophical influences on modern-day American libertarianism. However, Locke and Marx do not speak on all of the same issues and also have different perspectives on the applications of their proposed ideology itself. In general, Mill emphasizes civil liberties but accepts government intervention for the sake of benefiting social welfare, while Locke only desires absolutely essential government involvement in all…

influences like Simone De Seaviour did not make that fight any easier. She believed women that women were the second sex. She also believed that it would take a lot of work to have women be independent from men. While social influences like John Stuart Mills and Virginia Woolf believed any woman could be independent and as equal as men are. They believed it would be great for women and for the society. The view that Mill’s and Woolf’s had on women’s role in society was slightly different from…