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This 5 page paper examines Mill's theory of untilitarianism and if it conflicts with his theory of liberal government. This paper cites examples from his work and offers an analysis as to why these two theories do not actually conflict. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Hobbes. Mill was best known for his utilitarianism theory, which stressed an intuitive approach to morality. It is interesting to study this philosophy in relation to his ideas
about government, and in this way see the conflicts which arise. John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill is perhaps
best known for his utilitarianism theory (Utilitarianism, 2002). Essentially he was dedicated to using science to understand social, political and economic change but he was also devoted to the
arts and recommended them as important for nurturing the soul (John Stuart Mill, 2002). Basically, his theory states that there are two distinct approaches to morality - the intuitive
and the inductive schools (Utilitarianism, 2002). "Although both schools agree that there is a single and highest normative principle, they disagree about whether we have knowledge of that principle
intuitively (without appeal to experience), or inductively (though experience and observation)" (Utilitarianism, 2002). Mill was more in the intuitive camp (Utilitarianism, 2002).
Many of Mills works aroused controversy, and Principles of Political Economy was no different (John Stuart Mill, 2002). The purpose of this work was basically to reveal his
ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that socialism was unworkable, and suggested as his own ideal
an economy of worker-owned cooperatives" (John Stuart Mill, 2002). And yet, it is his utilitarianism theory which states that we
must work towards the welfare of all creatures, and that welfare consists of their happiness (John Stuart Mill, 2002). Basically, he was saying that "we ought to pursue happiness
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