Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 2296 Mill, John Stuart 1806 1873 Mill, J. S. (John Stuart) Utilitarianism Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism_(book) Produced by Julie Barkley, Garrett Alley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century, specifically aimed at exploring the ethical theory known as utilitarianism. The book discusses the foundation of morality and the criterion of right and wrong, emphasizing the principle that actions are right in proportion to their ability to promote happiness and wrong if they produce the opposite. Mill engages with various philosophical schools and highlights the importance of happiness in moral considerations. The opening of "Utilitarianism" presents Mill's reflections on the lack of consensus regarding moral principles throughout the history of philosophical thought. He notes how the debate over the essence of morality has persisted since ancient times, handing down the responsibility of defining it to successive thinkers. Mill sets the stage for a discussion on utilitarianism as he critiques the ongoing moral confusion and introduces the need for a clearer understanding of happiness as the ultimate goal in ethical conduct. This exploration suggests a desire not only to clarify what utilitarianism entails but also to defend its validity against prevalent moral skepticism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Utilitarianism B Text Philosophy Category: Philosophy & Ethics 193342 2025-07-05T06:49:01.965447 text/html 167870 2024-10-28T18:33:10 text/html 132325 2025-07-05T06:49:06.399411 application/epub+zip 133852 2025-07-05T06:49:03.632419 application/epub+zip 133851 2025-07-05T06:49:02.570432 application/epub+zip 266481 2025-07-05T06:49:08.563376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251767 2025-07-05T06:49:05.756397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220935 2022-09-05T12:14:08.567378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183594 2023-10-05T08:37:31.075836 text/plain 163862 2024-10-28T18:33:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15413 2025-07-05T06:49:08.684381 application/rdf+xml 13394 2025-07-05T06:49:03.053416 image/jpeg 3686 2025-07-05T06:49:02.811424 image/jpeg 129388 2025-07-05T06:49:01.981423 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia