I just remembered a few minutes ago that I also had to write a blog on top of the bibliography, so this is gonna be short and sweet.
Im doing my Paper on John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham. Both were huge factors in England in the 1700 and early 1800. And the reason I gravitated to doing a paper on them is because of their political theories. Mill and Bentham believed in Utilitarianism. A form of thought that said "The ultimate goal of a life, is to find pleasure, and avoid pain." And I find it striking how right they are. When I thouroughly examined my own motives and the reasons I do things, I found that it almost always leads to me trying to get pleasure, or aviod pain. My paper is going to be on this topic, and how it relates to the big issues of government today. I think that if everyone united under Mills ideas of freedom and the like, that the world would be a better place. And christians could finally agree on something, politically speaking, and not contradict each other.
Im looking forward to seeing what I believe after this paper is done and over.
peace,
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ReplyDeleteI often find myself doing things out of self preservation and a want to avoid difficulty etc. I appreciate your quote and thoughts Kyle.
ReplyDeleteYour topic is very interesting. I have discussed it some years ago, and I remember one important thing. One of the main differences between Mill's and Betham's thoughts, is that Mill is more concerned with quality of happiness or pleasure, however, Bentham is more concerned with the quantity.
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