Utilitarianism

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'''Utilitarianism''' is the moral doctrine which holds that, "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."<ref name="Mill_what_utilitarianism_is">[[John Stuart Mill]] [http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=241&chapter=21504&layout=html&Itemid=27 ''Utilitarianism''] II. What Utilitarianism Is, [[Utilitarianism]], online version, referenced 2-7-2011</ref> In ''Utilitarianism'', [[John Stuart Mill]] defends the principle that, "pleasure and freedom from pain are the only thing desirable as ends," because they make up the happy life.<ref name="Mill_what_utilitarianism_is"></ref>

<blockquote>"The Utilitarian doctrine is that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being desirable as a means to that end."<ref name="Mill_2">[[John Stuart Mill]] [http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=241&chapter=21508&layout=html&Itemid=27 ''Utilitarianism''] IV. OF What Sort of Proof The Principle of Utility Is Susceptible, [[Utilitarianism]], online version, referenced 2-7-2011</ref> - [[John Stuart Mill]]</blockquote>

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