Chapter 1, paragraph 11
I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.Read in Books4Free →
Utilitarian Grounding (Not Abstract Right)
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Mill explicitly forgoes appeal to natural rights, grounding liberty in utility 'in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.'
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