 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.  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 368edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ethics - 1809 - 532 pages
...•without any special reference to man. ' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utility or the greatest happiness principle, holds that actions...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Utilitafianism, pp. 0-10. * The exception of course being domestic animals, which may be injured... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...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 - 882 pages
...rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions...is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up... | |
 | Great Britain - 1863 - 972 pages
...following definition is given, ri:.. — "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utilitv. or the greatest happiness principle; holds that actions...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 - Decision making - 1863 - 120 pages
...rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions...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 - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...degradation.* The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion...is intended pleasure and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - 502 pages
...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 - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...degradation.* ., The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion...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 - Christianity and culture - 1864 - 178 pages
...neither hurt himself nor hurt others." " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions...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 - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 486 pages
...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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