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Utilitarianism and Other Essays By Mill John Stuart Bentham Jeremy Ryan Alan EDT (Updated Edition) by John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Alan Ryan (Editor), Mill And Bentham, Mill Js, Bunyan J. Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-14-043272-8 / 0140432728 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043272-5 / 9780140432725 One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, "Utilitarianism" propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was |