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Single Idea 3766
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
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Full Idea
Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
Gist of Idea
Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied
Source
John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism [1861], Ch.2)
Book Ref
Mill,John Stuart: 'Utilitarianism (including On Liberty etc)', ed/tr. Warnock,Mary [Fontana 1962], p.260
The
17 ideas
from 'Utilitarianism'
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7202
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The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good
[Nietzsche on Mill]
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6697
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Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims
[Mill]
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3763
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Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good
[Mill]
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5935
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Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure
[Ross on Mill]
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3764
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Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain
[Mill]
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3766
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Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied
[Mill]
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3765
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Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends
[Mill]
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3767
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Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action
[Mill]
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3769
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With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience
[Mill]
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3768
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Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory
[Mill]
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3771
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Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end
[Mill]
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3772
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The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire
[Mill]
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3770
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General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness
[Mill]
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3774
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Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence
[Mill]
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3775
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A right is a valid claim to society's protection
[Mill]
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3776
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Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness
[Mill]
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3773
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No individual has the right to receive our benevolence
[Mill]
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