Reading Question

Please answer these questions.

4-5 sentences.

(high school level).

1.  Explain, preferably in your own words, what the “principle of utility” says (611).

2.  How does Mill respond to the objection that utilitarianism degrades mankind by saying that “pleasure” should be our main goal in life?  (612)

3. What makes one pleasure superior in quality to another (612-13)?

4.  How does Mill respond to the objection that total and complete happiness is unattainable? (615-616)