 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 sider
...14. Mr. Mill accordingly defines the principle of utility, •without any special reference to man. ' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Utilitafianism, pp. 0-10. * The exception of... | |
 | 1871 - 808 sider
...utilitarian school, on the contrary, have maintained that we have no proof of such an intuitional sense ; that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. But since they have never assigned any other reason... | |
 | 1861 - 882 sider
...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 120 sider
...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first... | |
 | 1863 - 972 sider
...following definition is given, ri:.. — "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utilitv. or the greatest happiness principle; holds that actions...proportion as they tend to promote happiness — wrong, as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - 502 sider
...remarks in application to Human Government. CHAPTER II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS. MR. MILL, (p. 9) says : " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 108 sider
...doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* ., The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 406 sider
...by doing so they can hope to contribute any thing towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,... | |
 | 1879 - 736 sider
...Utilitarian doctrine is explained by Mill with sufficient accuracy in pp. 9 and 10, where he says — " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence... | |
 | 1866 - 650 sider
...has said elsewhere. Mr. Mill is a most consistent and earnest advocate of the utilitarian theory. " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."1 He makes right and wrong " questions of observation... | |
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The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. 
