Mill

According to Sandel, Mill tried to extend utilitarianism a generation later than Bentham. Mills wanted to make it more humane. Mills responded to both of the objections in Bentham’s utilitarianism theory. His writings aimed at joining individual rights with the utilitarian theory of greatest happiness. His book, On Liberty, valued the importance of freedom as long it as causes no harm to others. Bentham wanted to maximize utility or happiness in every situation but Mills thinks we should…

Mill and Foucault both use the concept of freedom and liberty in their writings to demonstrate the different power dynamics. Mill has a distinct perspective of social tyranny among a liberal structure. Foucault explains the ways in which we facilitate and enforce power through discourse. While their two views give a different lens of power, I would argue that they give a similar perspective on the ways in which a collective society maintains power. Both Mill and Foucault establish a critical…

Mill asserts that there exists a “peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion…, robbing the human race…[and] those who dissent from the [unpopular] opinion, still more than those who hold it.” Mill supports his assertion that silencing one individual is equivalent to silencing mankind itself by exploring the consequences to not only the dissent opinions, but also the prevailing majority beliefs, and ultimately society as a whole. Mills abstractly states that if the dissent opinion…

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…

Both Engels and Mill agree that women do not have any less mental capacities than men, and that they should have the opportunity to put forth effort and intelligence in the pursuit of a career. However, Mill’s acknowledgement of the separate spheres model is apparent when he states that it makes the most sense in regards to the division of labor. However, this does not mean he believes women should not pursue careers outside; in fact, it is just the opposite. Mill focuses heavily on women’s…

government/society has to intervene is a troubling idea. However, john Stuart mills, would state that it is wrong for the government/society to intervene in an individual’s life. But, the issue of the nuisance is that he is a threat to himself and the people around him. According to john Stuart mills, “The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.” If john Stuart mills states that a man must not become a nuisance, then what should…

Mary Wollstonecraft as well as John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill. Before there can be an accurate understanding of how Wollstonecraft and the Mills contributed to liberal feminism, there needs to be a clear…

Connor Rogers PHIL 101L 141 Mill Essay Mill’s definition of freedom is the absence of coercion. Coercion is getting someone to change their behaviors with force, threats, bribery, and deceit. So according to his definition if you are to change one's behavior using any of these you are taking away their freedom. One form of coercion is governmental and this is by making certain actions illegal. A couple examples of governmental coercion are gun control, smoking bans, helmets/seat belts etc. The…

People have long tried to interpret ethics in societies. Who, how, and why ethics was created are common debates among philosophers. In its simplest form, ethics can be described as how a differentiates between right and wrong. Whether that be due to society’s standards or their own, there are many theories to explain this daily-occurring phenomenon. Kantianism, the divine command theory, existentialism, ethical relativism, the virtue theory, and utilitarianism are the more widely known theories…

Question 1: CW Mills believed in the theory of sociological imagination, which basically looks at the connection between a personal level of understanding one’s inner troubles and the larger society’s issues (how one’s personal life might be affected by broad changes in society). Issues come from external factors, usually uncontrollable, and affect society as a whole whereas troubles originate from the individual who is aware of them. When people think of homelessness usually they only look at…