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    things for the better” (“Quotes on LEADERSHIP”). This quote by Harry Truman is similar to Thomas Hobbes’ beliefs. Hobbes believed that if we want to live in a society peacefully and harmoniously we need to surrender some of our rights and have a single leader. However‚ his theory was contrary to John Stuart Mill’s beliefs‚ that each and every single person of society should be their own leader. In regards to Hobbes‚ he believed in the natural right of self-preservation. He believed that human beings

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    “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.” – John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that “actions are right in proportions as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Sparknotes Editors). There are a few important aspects of this definition. It presents utility

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    ------------------------------------------------- John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill‚ FRSE (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher‚ political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor tosocial theory‚ political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century".[3]Mill’s conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control.[4] He was a proponent

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    John Stuart Mill born in Pentonville‚ then a suburb of London eldest son of the Scottish philosopher‚ historian‚ and economist (James Mill…Dad) british philosopher‚ political economics and civil servant. deliberately shielded from association with children his age other than his own siblings. Mill was a notably precocious child taught greek at age 3 at age 8 he began learning latin‚ euclid‚ and algebra appointed schoolmaster to the younger children of the family. at age 14 Mill stayed

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    John stuart mill believed in the principle of utilitarianism‚ a moral philosophy focused on the outcome of one’s actions. This is in counter to the Kantian or Aristotelian ethics‚ which focus on one’s actions and the character of the one acting respectively. Utilitarianism according to Mill is a philosophy that seeks to produce the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people. The good in that principle being based on Hedonism‚ a philosophy that believes in maximizing net pleasure. It

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    John Stuart Mill-Enlightenment and the freedom of thought Short biography John Stuart Mill was born in 1806‚ after the Enlightenment and after the American Declaration of Independence‚ but his interpretation of the basic ideas of liberty‚ individual rights‚ women’s rights‚ and other issues contribute to the continuing development of democratic ideas. Mill was a philosopher‚ economist‚ and (like his friend Jeremy Bentham) was a proponent of Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believed that an action

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    John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women August 8‚ 2012 by Marina DelVecchio We tend to focus on women who write about women and the issues that prevail around the experiences of the feminine‚ but we hardly introduce the work of men who write on our behalf. Such a man is John Stuart Mill‚ a 19th century philosopher and political economist who centered his work‚ The Subjection of Women (Dover Thrift Editions‚ 1997)‚ originally published in 1897‚ on the revolutionary idea that women should

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    NOTES – JOHN STUART MILL - UTILITARIANISM 1. John Stuart Mill – On Virtue and Happiness (1863)The utilitarian doctrine is‚ that happiness is desirable‚ and the only thing desirable‚ as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. What ought to be required of this doctrine‚ what conditions is it requisite that the doctrine should fulfill‚ to make good its claim to be believed? The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.

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    J.S. Mill He was the most influential thinker of 19th century. The importance of his political theory is that liberalism made a transition from laissez faire to state centered‚ from negative to positive concept of liberty and from an atomic to more social conception of individual. Mill’s criticism of Bentham’s utilitarianism was one of the most important contributions to political thought. Published the History of India in 1818 His essays “On Liberty” (1859) and “The Subjection of Women” (1861) were

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    semester we studied three philosophers Thomas HobbesJohn Stuart Mill‚ and Immanuel Kant. Each of these philosophers believed that there was an ultimate human good. Hobbes believed that power was the ultimate human good‚ while Mill believed it was happiness‚ or pleasure in life. Kant on the other hand believed human dignity was the ultimate human good. The two points of view I chose to compare and contrast are those of Mill and Kant. As previously mentioned Mill believed that the ultimate human good

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