Did John Stuart Mill Play Over Paid TV Stars Overpaid?

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WHAT JOHN STUART MILL WOULD SAY ABOUT OVER –PAID TV-STARS

In the year 2009, a survey was carried out and it was discovered that out of a hundred percent, eighty percent said that TV stars are overpaid. The survey was mainly about TV stars but it also had to do with bankers, footballers and MPs (The Guardian,2009). According to the research, ninety three out of hundred percent agreed that footballers were over paid which was the highest followed by TV stars with eighty percent. Bankers were after TV stars with 69% then lastly, a percentage of sixety-thhree for TV executives and MPs. Another survey about some TV stars that deserved less than what they were earning was done and at the end of the research,they came up with the

John Stuart mill was a philosopher and he concentrated on different aspects of economics. He made contributions to social and political philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, the philosophy of religion, philosophy of education and epistemology. He was a supporter and promoter of utilitarianism. (Capaldi, 2004). Utilitarianism is a philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest number is considered in the nation. (Mill, 1863). He suggested that people should look at the quality of pleasures or happiness an action produces.
From the article, Most of the people that took the survey said that TV stars are overpaid. John Stuart mill would have suggested that the amount paid to the TV stars should be cut down because according to his philosophy of utilitarianism, dealing out of wealth depends on the happiness and decisions of the

if changes were to be made about it,the side with the higher percentage which is the 80%(those that said they were overpaid and did not deserve what they were earning) would have made a better impact on the argument Since Utilitarianism is about what the people in the society think