 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - Liczba stron: 532
...' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utility or the greatest happiness principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Utilitafianism, pp. 0-10. * The exception of course being domestic animals, which may be injured... | |
 | 1871 - Liczba stron: 808
...utilitarian school, on the contrary, have maintained that we have no proof of such an intuitional sense ; that actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. But since they have never assigned any other reason for the desire to produce general happiness than... | |
 | 1861 - Liczba stron: 882
...The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they...of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up by the theory, much more requires to... | |
 | 1863 - Liczba stron: 972
..."The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utilitv. or the greatest happiness principle; holds that actions are right in proportion as they...is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiuess, pain, and the privation of pleasure " (p. 10). "According to the greatest happiness principle,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - Liczba stron: 120
...The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they...promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first person who brought the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - Liczba stron: 406
...The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they...absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up by the theory, much more requires to... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - Liczba stron: 502
...Utility is, or what Mr. Mill means by it. The only explanation which he has given is that, " Utility holds that actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." There is nothing new in this, and nobody ever disputed it, but there is not much explanation in this.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - Liczba stron: 108
...The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they...promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first person who brought the... | |
 | William McCombie - 1864 - Liczba stron: 178
...The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong in proportion as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure,... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - Liczba stron: 486
...explanation which he has given is that, " Utility holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend te promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." There is nothing newjn this, and nobody ever dispute3Tt7^ut there is not much explanation in this.... | |
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The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. 
