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Give virtue enough rope

Posted by luno in Utilitarianism, Mill, J. S., Moral Theory (Tuesday January 18, 2005 at 10:22 pm)
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And consequently, the utilitarian standard, while it tolerates and approves those other acquired desires, up to the point beyond which they would be more injurious to the general happiness than promotive of it, enjoins and requires the cultivation of the love of virtue up to the greatest strength possible, as being above all things important […]

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