 ... certainty; and it is because of the importance to others of being able to rely absolutely on one's feelings and conduct, and to oneself of being able to rely on one's own, that the will to do right ought to be cultivated into this habitual independence....  Utilitarianism - Page 93by John Stuart Mill - 1887 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 882 pages
...independence. In other words, this state of the will is i means to good, not intrinsically • id ; and does not contradict the doctrine that nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it is cither itself pleasurable, or a means of attaining pleasure or averting pain. But if this doctrine... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...to be cultivated into this habitual independence. In other words, this state of the will is a means to good, not intrinsically a good; and does not contradict...left to the consideration of the thoughtful reader. CHAPTEE V. ON THE CONNEXION BETWEEN JUSTICE AND UTILITY. IN all*ages of speculation, one of the strongest... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - 502 pages
...proof by a process of reasoning which is open to no objection, and comes to the conclusion, (p. 60) that "nothing is a good to human beings but in so...or a means of attaining pleasure or averting pain ;" and then he adds : " If this doctrine be true, the principle of utility is proved." Now, the Utilitarian... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...to be cultivated into this habitual independence. In other words, this state of the will is a means to good, not intrinsically a good ; and does not contradict...nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it as either itself pleasurable, or a means of attaining pleasure or averting pain. But, if this doctrine... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 380 pages
...the nature of an ideal, and since it can never be realised, can never be verified by experience. " Nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable, or a means of attaining pleasure, or averting pain. But if this be true, the... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 394 pages
...the nature of an ideal, and since it can never be realised, can never be verified by experience. " Nothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it is either in itself pleasurable, or a means of attaining pleasure, or averting pain. But if this be true, the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 408 pages
...to be cultivated into this habitual independence. In other words, this state of the will id a means to good, not intrinsically a good; and does not contradict...or a means of attaining pleasure or averting pain. 15ut, if this doctrine be true, the principle of utility is proved. Whether it is so or not, must now... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - Philosophy, English - 1874 - 330 pages
...to be cultivated into this habit and independence. In other words, this state of the will is a means to good, not intrinsically a good ; and does not contradict...doctrine be true, the principle of utility is proved." It is not easy, in this passage, to see the exact drift of the argument, or what form of the doctrine... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - Philosophy, English - 1874 - 348 pages
...to be cultivated into this habit and independence. In other words, this state of the will is a means to good, not intrinsically a good ; and does not contradict...pain. But if this doctrine be true, the principle utility is proved." It is not easy, in this passage, to see the exact drift tof the argument, or what... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1874 - 404 pages
...to be cultivated into this habitual independence. In other words, this state of the will 'aa means to good, not intrinsically a good ; and does not contradict the doctrine, thatnothing is a good to human beings but in so far as it it either itself pleasurable, or a means... | |
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