Introduction: Introduce Mill’s GHP, including what Mill says about happiness / unhappiness, and about what’s intrinistic good. Give a brief explanation of the two objections to the GHP that Mill attempts to address (the “swine objection” and the “standard is too high” objection). Body: For your first section you’re going to explain how the GHP […]
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Do humans have a permanent interest in being happy?
Paper Topics and Paper Word Lengths: Paper 1: Argue an answer to the following question: do humans have a permanent interest in being happy? In your answer, quote the works by Mill that we have read. Paper 1 should be 500 to 750 words.
Explain one criticism of both Mill and Kant. Afterward, argue for which ethical approach, on your view is superior. Be specific and provide reasons for your claim.
“Let us consider […] a pair of cases which I shall call Rescue I and Rescue II. In the first Rescue story we are hurrying in our jeep to save some people – let there be five of them – who are imminently threatened by the ocean tide. We have not a moment to spare, […]
