Who Is John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism

King’s views continue to be expressed in Mill’s work, but this time they are shown in his other book, Utilitarianism. In this book, Mill talks about his theory of Utilitarianism and explains what it is about since a lot of people have misunderstood this concept. He talks about the Greatest Happiness Principle, where “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to pro due the reverse of happiness” (Mill, 1863). King’s whole movement is in order to help everyone be free,which will bring happiness to them. This principle is about people’s happiness and to increase the overall good we must consider the good of others. The principle promotes that everyone’s happiness counts the same. An action is right as long as it is good for everyone and brings happiness and each person's happiness counts as much as anyone else’s.

The community wants the greatest good for the greatest number. King is trying to achieve this and instead of denying their rights, he is encouraging to violate the laws in order to get the greatest good. According to Mill, the greatest good is happiness. He claims that happiness is a good because all people desire their own happiness. He argues that pleasure and the absence of pain are good. The varieties of the good are: moral pleasure, intellectual pleasure, and physical pleasure(Mill, 1863). The greatest good for the community is freedom. The people of Birmingham are being deprived of their rights and they want to be able to pursue their own good with no harm. King and Mill both have the same ideas of well being. They believe it is important for everyone to be happy and the individuals will achieve happiness when they are free, which is the greatest