Philosophy Bites

Roger Crisp on Utilitarianism

Jul 16, 2007 · 13 min · 6.3 MB
0:00-13:06

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How should we live? John Stuart Mill, one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century thought that we should maximise happiness. Here Roger Crisp, author of an acclaimed book on Mill, explains Mill's utilitarian ethical theory.