The Distinction Between Persons and the Principles of Utilitarianism

Number of Pages 5

This 5 page paper describes the Utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill, who argued that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they promote unhappiness. The writer argues that Utilitarianism doesn't take the differences among people into account, and that one person's happiness may differ significantly from that of another, and that one is not more valid than the other. There are 2 sources listed in the bibliography.


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