...idea of abstract right as a thing independent of utility, which I regard as the ultimate appeal in all ethical questions ; but it must be utility in...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." A number of Mill's admirers in England have always insisted that if he had lived to see all the limitations...

...the least deprive Mill's arguments of their value and efficacy. For Mill's appeal is, as he said, to "utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being." And this appeal was exactly adapted to meet the case of those who acquiesced in the policy of repressing...

...character of the man who judges. In the 'Liberty' he states that the utility which is the ultimate appeal "must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." The motives on which he relies are not the external "sanctions" of Bentham ; nor yet the association...

...derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. Ijregard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions;...largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of a man as a progressive being. Those interests, I contend, authorise, the subjection of individual spontaneity...

...could be derived-- to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical...must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on tte permanent interests of a man as a progressive teing^Jhose interests, I contend, authorize the subjection...

...could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." that a career of consistent rapacity, ambition, selfishness, and fraud may be eminently conducive to...

...come closer to Aristotle is precisely what Mill is doing. In his essay On Liberty he remarks that 'I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical...on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.'3 Mill does not hesitate to refer to man's 'higher faculties',4 to which higher or superior...

...regarded as the immediate intellectual mentor of Oliver Wendel Holmes and his successors: "I regarded utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions:...permanent interests of man as a progressive being" (34. p. 121. If by his vices or follies a person does no direct harm to others. he is nevertheless...

...the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. . . . ... I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical...largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of a man as a progressive being. Those interests, I contend, authorize the subjection of individual spontaneity...

...imbued with the essential optimism of his historical thought. Utility is the ultimate ethical standard, "but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." 37 The failure to see the importance of this emphasis on the progressive improvement of man is responsible...