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Mills Approach to Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill has written extensively on utilitarianism. ... There is much verbosity and the approach is attractive, however Mill fails to evaluate something which I consider to be an important factor. ...
In Mill’s essays, utilitarianism is basically defined as the quest for happiness. ...
Essentially, I feel that Mill’s utilitarianism reinforces a selfish attitude in people, allowing them to constantly search for their happiness with no regard for others. ... This is the fundamental problem with Mill’s utilitarianism-- he fails to regard the pain as an essential counterpart to pleasure.


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