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The only things desirable

Posted by luno in Utilitarianism, Mill, J. S., Moral Theory (Thursday January 13, 2005 at 10:25 pm)
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… that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. [Utilitarianism, […]