...retains ; while, on the other hand, the ' greatest-happiness principle ' defined as ' the creed which holds that actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness,' is not prima facie bound up with the doctrine that all desires are desires of pleasure. Professor Sidgwick...

...Principle of Utility," we find that "the creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions...wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness " ; and that " the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded " is " that pleasure,...

...rescuing it from this utter degradation.1 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...

...foundation of morals utility, or the greatest happiness principle, holds that all actions are right as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend...is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness pain, and the privation of pleasure . . . the theory of life on which this theory of morality...

...a philosophical sect. " The creed," says Mill, " 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." 1 This theory of morality is founded on, and explained...

...Utilitarians and Catholics.— Mr. John Stuart Milli defines Utilitarianism as " the 'creed which . . . holds that actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." And he goes on to say that " by happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness,...

...the discussion in Chapter II by the inquiry, "What Utilitarianism Is?" He defines the principle as that " actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." And he means by happiness, pleasure and the absence of pain ; and by unhappiness, pain and the deprivation...

...(1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). Utilitarians defend the 'greatest happiness principle' which holds that actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. This is the guiding principle of utilitarianism. But utilitarians endorse different accounts of what...

...the fathers of utilitarianism, writes, "The creed which accepts as the foundation of moral Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions...they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to promote the reverse of happiness. "" Thus, right and wrong are measured by the good of happiness. This...

...progressives. The criterion for utility, according to the English philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-73), was that 'actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness", the ideal being the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. In the minds of such Utilitarians...