John Stuart Mill's moral theory, like that of his predecessor Jeremy Bentham, was utilitarian; in other words, it held that the goal of all human action should be to maximize happiness, i.e....
John Stuart Mill was an English Philosopher and a social reformer of the industrial revolution. He fought for the rights of women. For example, he fought for women's right to vote and equal access to...
He wrote about the Greatest Happiness Principle and the Harm Principle. Greatest Happiness means making moral decisions so that the greatest amount of pleasure is given to the greatest amount of...