John Stuart Mill

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By Michael Alan Prestwood

Wed 10 Apr 2024

Published 2 years ago.

Updated 2 weeks ago.

John Stuart Mill

Born 1806, he lived to see 1873.

9 Generations Ago

30 Philosophers, Chapter 29: Mill and Utilitarianism.

John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806, in London, to James Mill, a Scottish-born philosopher and economist, and Harriet Barrow. His Greatest Happiness Principle lies at the core of utilitarianism, advocating for actions that maximize utility, generally understood as producing the greatest well-being for the most people, but how do you measure or evaluate this “utility” or “happiness?”

On May 8, 1873, at age 66, surrounded by a few friends and his stepdaughter Helen, John Stuart Mill took his final breaths.

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Michael Alan Prestwood
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