...creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation...

...found in balancing the pleasure and pain involved in the conflicts of ethical choices. Mill states that ". . . actions are right in proportion as they...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain." The criterion for decision-making then...

...suffering. In Mill's words: The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals "utility" . . . holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain.9 If one act produces more happiness than...

...expound on the theory, he would eventually do so in Utilitarianism.112 Mill's utilitarian rule was that "actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness are intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation...

...creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of...

...Tschudin cited John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), who described the "Greatest Happiness Principle" as "the actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of...

...— which Mill called, appropriately, the principle of utility — is best stated in his own words: "Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote...happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."37 about the problem. The golden rule is summarized in this Bible verse: "And as ye would...

...basic principle of utilitarianism — the greatest-happiness principle — maintains that human acts are "right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,...as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory, since it claims that it is the consequences of one's act...

...the principle of utility in Utilitarianism is classic. Mill says that the principle of utility "holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to promote the reverse of happiness" (CW X: 210). This utilitarian theory of morality is grounded in a...

...however, the state of character is irrelevant in our assessment of the value of an action. He thinks that 'actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they intend to produce the reverse of happiness (p. 137). It is the value of the consequences of an action...