Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Mill defends liberty

Mill defends liberty
Absoluteness of his defense
Direct utilitarian: Principle of utility in broad sense
Indirect: inconsistent
Maximizing happiness
Categorical
Dislike, disapproval, distress should also be taken into account in accord to utilitarianism.
Calculation
Progressive
Consumption Desire
Enjoy nature
Personal happiness
Society happiness A's a whole
General rules
Consensus
Clash between them
Here indirect ut,
Absolute rule may be based on utilitarianism on higher level
Unconditional
Intuitive thinking: lower level
Reflective thinking: higher level
Free individuality development
Good itself
Good for goals
Choosing in range of choice
People just following customs should be tolerated
Continous effective choices
Habit choice
Voluntarily to slavery

Rawls
Assumption: Equal ability of develop individuality
Quality
Bargain utility
Mill sees liberty A's means for goals but also an element of that goal.
Condition of sacrifice before intervention
Aggregating Notion

Zhang Ming
Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore

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