John Stuart Mill’s explanation of the harm principle is not as useful as once believed. Although the harm principle does in fact have some logic‚ it fails to set clear and concise borders regarding what denotes allowable hate speech. The harm principle essentially states that all speech‚ including hate speech‚ should be allowed. However‚ speech that causes a definable harm must be censored. For example‚ merely offensive speech is allowed; however‚ the context of the offensive speech in question is
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English philosopher‚ John Stuart Mill’s‚ introduced the ethical views of Utilitarianism‚ stating that whatever maximizes happiness for the greatest number of people is consider to be the greatest good. According to Utilitarianism‚ an action is morally right if it promotes happiness and morally wrong if it promotes pain. Utilitarianism is an attempt to answer the question “What should we do?” and its answer is that we ought to act in a way that the consequence produce happiness. What I think Utilitarianism
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The Discourse of Mill and Nietzsche‚ Can Mill Overcome While it appears‚ on the outside‚ that John Stewart Mill contradicts Nietzsche’s idea that the mind serves deeper than our inner human drive‚ however‚ the story of Mills life seems to actually confirm itself. You see‚ Nietzsche believes that your instincts define who you are and if you go through life using your brain making all your decisions for you‚ you aren’t being true to who you really are. Nietzsche talked about how Socrates uses reason
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testing. One of the strongest claims is that experimentation on animals with lower levels of rationality is more acceptable‚ compared with species of high mental capacities. According to John Stuart Mill in his book On Liberty‚ individuality is necessary for “human happiness” and “individual and social progress” (Mill‚ 1869‚ 65). While some may argue that this statement is only valid for the human condition‚ I do think it is applicable to animals that have a certain amount of rationality. For less rational
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approach‚ as she sees her coworkers as friends‚ while Davis uses a directive approach‚ by believing in only her ideas. The Norman House requires a more participative leader‚ as all of the support workers have valuable opinions developed through their education and work experience with CLL. McDonald currently uses a participative approach by taking the ideas of the support workers during their meetings‚ however‚ he is not able to be effective due to his minimal
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Striving towards the achievement of happiness is what most people do‚ they make it their one most admired goal in life. John Stuart Mill‚ in Chapter V “A Crisis in My Mental Health. One Stage Onward.” of his autobiography‚ claims that if we yearn for happiness and make it our ultimate goal‚ it will automatically become unachievable. If we divert our attention toward something other than our own happiness‚ achieving it will become effortless. The journey through the enjoyments of life are what gives
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John Stuart Mill’s states that we do not have to look for happiness because we can find it without searching for it‚ we do not have to focus entirely on our own happiness‚ but make other people happy in order to find happiness of your own. He explains that we do not have to search for happiness because it will come all we need to focus on is on subjects other than thinking of being happy. John Stuart Mill’s believes that people focus too much on being happy that they actually end up not being happy
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Mill’s study of ethical action holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes overall "happiness" seems to be more logical‚ although we all will have our own opinions on morality. Morality can be just a matter of consequences and the act will be “right” or “wrong” according to its penalties or values. Morality is not just a matter of what a person says is right‚ or because the culture or people of the universe agree with you. As stated in the text‚ Mill’s criticism of Kant
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1: That man can be simply lead but what hurts them or pleases them. Rarely would humans like to choose something that causes them to feel bad about themselves over a good experience? Most moral compasses rely on whether or not a choice will affect themselves and other in a positive or negative light. 2: Well‚ the definition of utility is the state of being beneficial and the principle of utility is the idea or picking out the what would ultimately bring happiness and what choices can bring unhappiness
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To be happy‚ what does that truly mean? Philosophers Aristotle and John Stuart Mill both had similar definitions of happiness‚ however‚ they each had different ideas and theories on what it is that constitutes happiness and what being truly happy requires. Both shared a common idea‚ that happiness is achieved by engaging in activities that are distinctively human. Mill’s idea of happiness is described as the end to which all things good for a human life should lead. There has been objection to
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