Ideas from 'Utilitarianism' by John Stuart Mill [1861], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Utilitarianism (including On Liberty etc)' by Mill,John Stuart (ed/tr Warnock,Mary) [Fontana 1962,0-00-686022-2]].
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
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With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain
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Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness
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The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche]
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Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
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Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good
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Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied
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Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
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General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 5. Rule Utilitarianism
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Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
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Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence
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No individual has the right to receive our benevolence
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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A right is a valid claim to society's protection
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