...clearly the difference between utilitarianism and rights-based theories. Whereas Mill had foregone "any advantage which could be derived to my argument...idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility,"27 Kant had sought a basis for the moral law on exactly such abstract considerations. And...

...little doubt as to Mill's motivation in ' [forgoing] any advantage which could be derived to [his] argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility.'31 As Bentham sought to show, the 'Law of Nature,' like all such expressions, is simply a...

...no longer admissible as a means to their own good, and justifiable only for the security of others. It is proper to state that I forego any advantage...utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethicat questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests...

...himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' 'It is proper to state that I forgo any advantage which could be derived to my argument...regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical Utilitarianism (2): John Stuart Mill questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded...

...perfectly clear decision. The renunciation, in the introductory chapter of Mill's Liberty, of any advantage "from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility," must be itself in turn disclaimed ; though this does not in the least deprive Mill's arguments of their...