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The number of principles and which

Posted by luno in Utilitarianism, Mill, J. S., Moral Theory (Thursday January 13, 2005 at 10:07 pm)
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Mill argues for one principle that all others should subserve [in Utilitarianism, Chapter 1].
As it turns out, there is not one principle but two. They are not reducible to one another and neither, again, as it turns out, is the principle of utility. For sure, utility is an important principle but it is one among […]