question archive 1) Psychological egoism is a descriptive claim that the individual has but one aim: his or her own welfare; ethical egoism is a normative claim that the individual ought to maximize self interest
1) Psychological egoism is a descriptive claim that the individual has but one aim: his or her own welfare; ethical egoism is a normative claim that the individual ought to maximize self interest
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1) Psychological egoism is a descriptive claim that the individual has but one aim: his or her own welfare; ethical egoism is a normative claim that the individual ought to maximize self interest.
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2.The distribution of utility is as important in calculating the General Welfare, as the total amount of utility.
3.Mill agrees that both genuinely harmful behavior and merely offensive behavior should be regulated by the state.
4.Mill rejects sexual equality in both domestic and social contexts.
5.Only in those who have a strong sense of dignity will human dignity be essential to human happiness.
6.Mill argues that the traditional sexual division of labor where women work in the home is natural, while at the same time claiming the traits of women cannot be known to originate in nature or are nurtured by a society.
7.The happiness principle does not consider freedom from pain, but rather focuses on being as rich as possible in enjoyment.
8.Mill argues there are reasonably strong consequentialist arguments ror giving the state a broad discretionary power to engage in paternalistic legislation whenever it sees fit.
9.Bentham and Mill's moral philosophy calculate the consequences of actions to determine their moral worth.
10.John Stuart Mill did not argue that mental pleasure is more valuable and desired than bodily sensation of pleasure.
