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Mill’s moral theory: Ongoing revisionism

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  • D.G. Brown

    (University of British Columbia, Canada, donbrown@interchange.ubc.ca)

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Revisionist interpretation of Mill needs to be extended to deal with a residue of puzzles about his moral theory and its connection with his theory of liberty. The upshot shows his reinterpretation of his Benthamite tradition as a form of ‘philosophical utilitarianism’; his definition of the art of morality as collective self-defence; his ignoring of maximization in favour of ad hoc dealing in utilities; the central role of his account of the justice of punishment; the marginal role of the internal sanction in his criterion of moral wrong; his deep respect for common-sense morality; and his restriction of the scope of morality so as to claim for the utilitarian tradition the whole realm of the aesthetics of conduct as part of a general theory of practical reason.

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  • D.G. Brown, 2010. "Mill’s moral theory: Ongoing revisionism," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 9(1), pages 5-45, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:9:y:2010:i:1:p:5-45
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X09345675
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