 The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.  History of the Christian Church - 第 212 頁Henry Clay Sheldon 著 - 1894完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 頁
...14. Mr. Mill accordingly defines the principle of utility, •without any special reference to man. ' The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.' — Utilitafianism, pp. 0-10. * The exception of course being domestic animals, which may... | |
 | 1871 - 808 頁
...utilitarian school, on the contrary, have maintained that we have no proof of such an intuitional sense ; that actions are right in proportion as they tend...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. But since they have never assigned any other reason for the desire to produce general happiness... | |
 | 1861 - 882 頁
...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 120 頁
...by doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the * The author of this essay has reason for believing himself to be the first person who brought the... | |
 | 1863 - 972 頁
...following definition is given, ri:.. — "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, utilitv. or the greatest happiness principle; holds that actions...— wrong, as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiuess, pain, and the... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1864 - 502 頁
...remarks in application to Human Government. CHAPTER II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS. MR. MILL, (p. 9) says : " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain ; by unhappiness, pain, and the... | |
 | William McCombie - 1864 - 178 頁
...developed." " The proper limit to self-indulgence is that one shall neither hurt himself nor hurt others." " The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals,...proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong in proportion as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 108 頁
...doing so they can hope to contribute anything towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* ., The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1864 - 406 頁
...by doing so they can hope to contribute any thing towards rescuing it from this utter degradation.* The creed which accepts, as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,... | |
 | 1866 - 650 頁
...all that he has said elsewhere. Mr. Mill is a most consistent and earnest advocate of the utilitarian theory. " The creed which accepts as the foundation...happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."1 He makes right and wrong " questions of observation and experience." He denies that there... | |
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