According to Mill: “actions are right in proportion as they tend to…

According to Mill: “actions are right in proportion as they tend to…

According to Mill:

“actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.”

(i)Explain what Mill means by this claim and give two examples, one of a person doing something wrong according to your opinion, and one of a person doing something right or acceptable according to your opinion, which agree with this principle.

(ii)Be sure to explain what Mill thinks happiness is and isn’t and give examples. (see essay on Hedonism)

(iii)Is happiness our only goal? Are there other goals? Like money? Virtue? Knowledge? Love? Fame? What does or would Mill say about these?

(iv)Kant:  What are Kant’s first and second categorical imperatives? Give examples of each and explain both as much as possible.