John Stuart Mill’s (1806-1873) father, James Mill, was an outspoken advocate of utilitarianism and a friend of Jeremy Bentham, its founder. John Mill was born into a household steeped in utilitarian ...

History of Political Thought, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Autumn 2006), pp. 487-504 (18 pages) This article examines the arguments used by Robert Watts, a contemporary of John Stuart Mill, in his criticism of ...

IN THE grand scheme of things Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill are normally thought of as good guys. Between them, they came up with the ethical theory known as utilitarianism. The goal of this ...

One philosophical theory that can be used to support preemptive and forced evacuation during natural disasters is utilitarianism, specifically the principle of the greatest good for the greatest ...