 ... 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...  The Seat of Authority in Religion - Page 79by James Martineau - 1890 - 664 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 882 pages
...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. Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds, and among them in some of the most estimable in feeling... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Decision making - 1863 - 120 pages
...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. Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds, and among them in some of the most estimable in feeling... | |
 | Charles Tennant - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 486 pages
...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." Mr. Mill then goes on, very properly, to add : " Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism - 1864 - 108 pages
...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. Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds, and among them in some of the most estimable in feeling... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - History - 1864 - 406 pages
...language, and oflerx, in many cases, a convenient mode of avoiding tiresome circumlocution. selves, or as means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds, and among them in some of the most estimable in feeling... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1865 - 666 pages
...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." As to the proof of the principle of "utility," Mr. Mill remarks that " questions of ultimate ends do not... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...numerous in the utilitarian as 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." Mill proceeds to say that such a theory of life excites inveterate dislike in many minds, and among... | |
 | Religion and science - 1867 - 510 pages
...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." This theory being announced in these terms, it is then spoken of as if it were identical with the system... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1868 - 670 pages
...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.' A popular misconception of this scheme noticed by Mr. Mill is, that if you suppose life to have no... | |
 | John Grote - Philosophy - 1870 - 396 pages
...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.' The utilitarian TS\OS, or the ultimate end of life, is described by Mr Mill in the second passage which... | |
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