John Stuart Mill

  • John Stuart Mill Birth

    John Stuart Mill Birth
    Born
  • A System of Logic, Rationative, and Inductive

    A System of Logic, Rationative, and Inductive
    Mill, J.S., System of Logic, Rationative and Inductive, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Principles of Political Economy

    Principles of Political Economy
    Mill, J.S., Principles of Political Economy, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • On Liberty

    On Liberty
    Mill, J.S., On Liberty, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Therefore, if society were to embrace utilitarianism as an ethic, people would naturally internalize these standards as morally binding. Mill argues that happiness is the sole basis of morality, and that people never desire anything but happiness. He supports this claim by showing that all the other objects of people's desire are either means to happiness, or included in the definition of happiness.
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Mill, J.S., Utilitarianism, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Considerations on Representative Government

    Considerations on Representative Government
    Mill, J.S., Considerations on Representative Government, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill, is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory, and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain.
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity, and that pleasures that are rooted in one's higher faculties should be weighted more heavily than baser pleasures. Furthermore, Mill argues that people's achievement of goals and ends, such as virtuous living, should be counted as part of their happiness.
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Mill argues that utilitarianism coincides with "natural" sentiments that originate from humans' social nature. Therefore, if society were to embrace utilitarianism as an ethic, people would naturally internalize these standards as morally binding. Mill argues that happiness is the sole basis of morality, and that people never desire anything but happiness.
  • Utilitarianism

  • The Subjection of Women

    The Subjection of Women
    Mill, J.S., The Subjection of Women, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Autobiography

    Autobiography
    Mill, J.S., Autobiography, in Robson ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-.
  • Died

    Died
    Death