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>DUDE THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS LMAO
Is there an edgier, more simplistic philosophy?

>>8631124
Read On Liberty

But J S Mill is the greatest philosopher of all time.

These repeated digits are claimed on behalf of the principle of Utility. Continue doing whatever maximises general happiness.

>>7407563
>Someone decided to republish Utilitarianism with a new cover
>People actually ate it up
There isnt much hope for this world I see

>>7288441
>Uses empircial evidence to back up a primary principle
>Thinks he can then make normative claims
Heh

>Empiricism
LOOK AT WHAT THIS HAS LED TO
PEOPLE TAKE THIS MAN SERIOUSLY TO THIS DAY

What can be said against Utilitarianism? Are all actions indeed an act towards happiness?

Im finding it hard to find fault in this theory, unless by being an empiricist Mill is ignoring other factors (though I cannot seem to find any). He seems to have explained all human discourse in a simpe framework. Can his theory interlock and marry with others that seem to defy his?

>I did not mean that conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it.

What did he mean by this?