This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi

John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overa

Far from recommending cruel acts, utilitarianism, understood this way, actually runs congruent to our basic moral intuitions.

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other writings