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Mill believed that we all desire our own individual happiness. He concluded that
{ 1 } - we should try to maximize our own individual happiness.
{ 2 } - the human race is to be pitied.
{ 3 } - we should try to maximize the sum-total of everyone's happiness.
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Mill believed that we all desire our own individual happiness. He concluded that
{ 1 } - we should try to maximize our own individual happiness.
{ 2 } - the human race is to be pitied.
{ 3 } - we should try to maximize the sum-total of everyone's happiness.
Mill thought we should try to maximize the happiness of everyone.
His reasoning here is unclear. If ethics is based on what we desire and if we desire our own individual happiness, then why shouldn't we try to maximize our own individual happiness? Why isn't egoism the supreme moral principle?
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Mill believed that we all desire our own individual happiness. He concluded that
{ 1 } - we should try to maximize our own individual happiness.
{ 2 } - the human race is to be pitied.
{ 3 } - we should try to maximize the sum-total of everyone's happiness.
Mill didn't conclude this.
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Mill believed that we all desire our own individual happiness. He concluded that
{ 1 } - we should try to maximize our own individual happiness.
{ 2 } - the human race is to be pitied.
{ 3 } - we should try to maximize the sum-total of everyone's happiness.
Isn't this an amazing conclusion to draw?
His reasoning here is unclear. If ethics is based on what we desire and if we desire our own individual happiness, then why shouldn't we try to maximize our own individual happiness? Why isn't egoism the supreme moral principle?
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