Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Mill's consequentialism
During class on Tuesday we got into some pretty deep philosophical thought about consequentialist theories. I got a little confused when we got to the part about actions, in terms of those used by Mill in On Liberty, and opinions. From what I am understanding about opinion is that Mill believes we all should voice our opinion and that trying to keep others opinions down is an immoral act. I was just wondering if this idea is correct for what Mill wanted to say and what was Mill's conclusion about our actions. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Mill has an idea called Conscientious Conviction where it is the individual's obligation to put in their own beliefs to a society. When multiple individuals do such society as a whole grows with the flow of ideas. Though what happens is government's are supposed to control these thought processes because individuals shouldn't be the ones making decisions for the benefit of an entire society. Hope this helps
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