Critical Paragraph

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Instructions: 

7-8 sentences should demonstrate an obvious good faith effort to carefully and fairly address the question below about the reading.

Question for the Critical Paragraph:

Background: Mill grounds utilitarianism in the “greatest happiness principle” (P.7) and then gives proof of the operation of this principle in one’s own desires, pains, and pleasure ( see, for example, P.35).

Question: First, what is the “greatest happiness principle”? How does Mill define ‘happiness’? Are all pleasures the same or are some pleasures determined to be more valuable to a human life than others? Finally, how dose Mill move from one’s interest in one’s own happiness to one’s obligation to promote the happiness of others (i.e., how is he able to shift from that fact that we do desire our own individual happiness to the claim that we ought to foster universal happiness)?

Extra Credit: clearly state ( in 1-4 complete sentences ) a possible thesis for an essay that obviously connected to the assigned

material. 

( must read the chapters uploaded on the file