Fallacies in and about Mill's Utilitarianism

Abstract

\textlessp\textgreater Mill’s \textlessitalic\textgreaterUtilitarianism\textless/italic\textgreater is widely used to introduce elementary students to Moral Philosophy. One reason for this, I trust, is a recognition that Mill’s doctrines and interests have an immediate attraction for most people. But certainly another reason is the belief that Mill’s arguments contain a number of obvious fallacies, which an elementary student can be led to detect, thereby learning to practise critical philosophy. \textless/p\textgreater