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This is a 5 page paper discussing the argument presented by Mill in Chapter 4 of “Utilitarianism” (1863). John Stuart Mill was raised on the utilitarian principles indoctrinated by his father James which are based largely on people’s actions are the result of their desire for ultimate happiness and all actions are elements of this happiness or a means to attain it. In Mill’s Chapter IV of “Utilitarianism” (1863), he attempts to prove this system of utility based on the principle of desire for ultimate happiness. To do this, he uses an indirect method of proof and in accepting his argument the reader must accept the basis of utilitarianism in order to extrapolate his principle to include the elements of will and virtue; elements many philosophers believe are not conscious acts of desire but remain unconscious in their design. Mill believes that will and virtue along with other elements such as money, power and fame are all originally based on the desire for general happiness and are therefore included.
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are the result of their desire for ultimate happiness and all actions are elements of this happiness or a means to attain it. In Mills Chapter IV of "Utilitarianism" (1863),
he attempts to prove this system of utility based on the principle of desire for ultimate happiness. To do this, he uses an indirect method of proof and in accepting
his argument the reader must accept the basis of utilitarianism in order to extrapolate his principle to include the elements of will and virtue; elements many philosophers believe are not
conscious acts of desire but remain unconscious in their design. Mill believes that will and virtue along with other elements such as money, power and fame are all originally based
on the desire for general happiness and are therefore included. John Stuart Mill was born in London on May 20, 1806, was educated
by his father and raised with a strict intellectual regimen basically isolated from others his own age. Because of this isolation and concentration on his studies, Mill stated that he
believed intellectually he was a quarter of a century ahead of his contemporaries but also felt that his cultural and social life suffered because of it (John Stuart Mill, 2002).
He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeared in The Westminster Review and The London
Review and his first great intellectual work "System of Logic" appeared in 1843. Several other works followed and in 1863, after first appearing in magazine form, Mill published "Utilitarianism" (John
Stuart Mill, 2002). "Utilitarianism" was considered a rather small text in comparison with some of his other works mainly as it was thought that Mill felt a great many
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