Benevolence and Justice in Mill
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1982
Editor(s)
Harlan B. Miller & William H. Williams
ISBN
9780816610440
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
Mill devotes the last and longest chapter of his essay on Utilitarianism to justice. Along with his critics he recognizes that justice creates severe problems for his moral theory. But, whereas he regards justice as important, he does not think it is the whole of morality. In fact, he warns against "merging all morality in justice" by ignoring other moral obligations, such as those of "charity," "generosity," and "beneficence."
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
Benevolence and Justice in Mill
,
in
Limits of Utilitarianism
42
(Harlan B. Miller & William H. Williams ed.,
1982).
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