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Research Paper On John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism

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John Stuart Mill is the philosopher I chose, his focus is on utilitarianism. Contrary to popular belief utility is based on pleasure. Based on utilitarianism some pleasures are more desirable and valuable than others. Quality over quantity is the case for pleasures. You can get a ton of lower pleasures or a few higher pleasures and most humans would prefer to take the few higher pleasures. They would take the few higher pleasures knowing that fools who have a lot of lower pleasures are much more satisfied with what they have than themselves. In rare cases would a human choose to exchange their few higher pleasures with a lot of lower pleasures. When you are a person who gets enjoyment from lower pleasures it is more feasible to satisfied
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