Mills Utilitarianism Analysis

The overall argument presented in Chapters 3 and 4 in Mills Utilitarianism was that one must adopt one single standard of ethics and that is what defines the morality of the individual. However, I believe that this is an unreasonable ideology as it is highly unlikely that anyone would simply chose one standard of ethics and follow this for the entirety of their life without changing their beliefs.

I respectfully disagree with Mills idea that somebody has to adopt one single standard of ethics or morality because I believe an intellectual individual would not simply chose one moral standard to follow for the rest of their life without ever questioning this belief. In reality, they should always question morality and their ideals should be constantly changing and adapting as time passes. If you would apply this same belief to the engineering field, I think the world would be in grave danger. A large part of an engineers’ success is to always be open to new ideas and continuously learn and grow in their field. So, for example, if you were to tell a manufacturing engineer that they had
Almost any individual will admit that they do not think the same way they did 10 or even 5 years ago. Mills also argues that “happiness is desirable” and I do not agree with this statement with my current definition of happiness. I believe happiness is a feeling you can achieve while taking part in an activity that makes you feel better than normal. So, if you desire to be happy all the time when will you know if you are experiencing happiness. If you spend all your time thinking about being happy you will not be able to tell you are happy until after it passes because so you were so focused on being happy you were not living in the moment. Thus, I think people should not spend their time trying to be happy simply knowing when they are experiencing