Stuart Little

Jeremy Bentham: Founder of modern Utilitarianism On February 15, 1748 Jeremy Bentham was born in Houndsditch, England to father Jeremiah and mother Alicia. At the age of only twelve Jeremy attended Queens College, Oxford where he was considered one of the youngest men of his time to received his Bachelors at the age of fifteen in 1763 and Masters in 1766. Destined to follow in his father’s footsteps, Bentham attended Court of King’s Bench, Westminster Hall to prepare for his study’s in law. During

ambiguity regarding helping others and what is morally right to do so. Humans cannot truly know what the best consequences will be, and utilitarianism can allow immoral actions for the sake of creating more good. Additionally, utilitarianism has little

On Liberty, arguably John Stuart Mill’s magnus opus, is principally a criticism against the suppression of one’s individuality by an authoritarian regime or the tyranny of the majority (in the case of democracies). He thought that so long as one’s actions did not cause harm to others, no person nor government should have the right to prohibit said action. Mill placed a heavy value on the freedom of expression and dissent, stating “if all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person

The First Amendments and its protections of speech, religion, press, and assembly are considered almost sacred rights by the American people, because it allows us to express ourselves freely without fear of being persecuted and punished for our opinions of the government. It allows for us to critique the problems in society and work towards creating change. Freedom of Speech is integral to our society and to our education system, as Universities are a place where students are constantly exposed to

Utilitarianism is one of the best known and most influential moral theories. (IEP) Utilitarianism is the ethical doctrine that an action is right, if and only if, it promotes the greatest happiness for the most people. “Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility. "Utility" is defined in various ways, usually in terms of the well-being of sentient entities, such as human beings and other animals.” (Utilitarianism, Wikipedia) So basically

John Stuart Mill discusses the conception of liberty in many ways. I’d like to focus of his ideas of the harm principle and a touch a little on his thoughts about the freedom of action. The harm principle and freedom on action are just two subtopics of Mill’s extensive thoughts about the conception on liberty. Not only do I plan to discuss and explain each of these parts on the conception of liberty, but I also plan to discuss my thoughts and feelings. I have a few disagreements with Mill on the

Defined by Rachels and Rachels, a free rider is “Someone who benefits from a cooperative arrangement without contributing to it” (158). This is extremely common to see in a society because who wouldn’t want to benefit from something that requires little to no effort? An example of this could be a group of people doing some sort of fundraiser where the donors and the amounts donated are kept confidential for privacy reasons. The fundraiser is being held to take a vacation overseas but one person doesn’t

John Stuart Mill, English philosopher and social reformer, one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century, produced such large philosophical and literary output that we are able to apply many of his ideas and theories into everyday issues and topics. His writing includes a wide range of subjects in ethics, logic, religion, economics, current affairs, and social and political philosophy. His most significant writings include Principles of Political Economy, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection

It’s said that the purpose of the government is to “Ensure the proper use of force...” and to “Protect the individual rights of its citizens…”, but that’s not what is really happening. In fact, it is quite the opposite, our rights list: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. With a government intact it is only enabling us to be truly free, we cannot excel in a world that is constantly at watch over our shoulders. Nor can we accomplish the wants of our hearts if we aren’t truly happy in knowing

Freedom of speech Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, such as on "hate speech". The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human