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Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill, and Buffy

June 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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By Samuel Scott

In a prior post, we addressed the issue of whether Aristotle (through his work “Nicomachean Ethics“), would think Buffy is an ethical person and warrior. In this essay, we wanted to examine the same issue — but in the context of the utilitarian philosophy advocated in the nineteenth century by John Stuart Mill and his mentor, Jeremy Bentham.

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