Mill's Eudaimonistic Utilitarianism

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 4:11 a.m.

Bentham's Hedonic Utilitarianism was challenged for being a pig's philosophy. A person, it was suggested, who wallowed in pleasures would be happier than a dissatisfied Socrates. John Stuart Mill tries to save Utilitarianism with an appeal to seek higher pleasures, instead of simple physical pleasures.