John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism and liberalism

My aim in this paper is to investigate the compatibility of this utilitarian and liberal thesis of John Stuart Mill. I’ll present initially the main critics of moral and political philosophy of Mill, for whom the disciple of Bentham would have abandoned the utilitarianism or still not sufficiently c...

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Autor: Simões, Mauro Cardoso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/12909
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/veritas/article/view/12909
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Palabra clave:John Stuart Mill
utilitarianism
principle of utility
principle of liberty
compatibility.
utilitarismo
princípio da utilidade
princípio da liberdade
individualidade
compatibilidade.
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Sumario:My aim in this paper is to investigate the compatibility of this utilitarian and liberal thesis of John Stuart Mill. I’ll present initially the main critics of moral and political philosophy of Mill, for whom the disciple of Bentham would have abandoned the utilitarianism or still not sufficiently clarified his principle of liberty, which would make a thinker unsystematic and inconsistent. My thesis is against these interpretations, since it holds that Mill is consistent. Then I’ll defend an interpretation of the principle of liberty and individuality, seeking to demonstrate that his utilitarianism is compatible with their liberalism.