> > Mill's and Bentham's writing on utilitarianism claim that > > when you work for yourself and your own happiness, your truly > > working for "society" or the community.
Actually, I think it was the other way around. I have not read Bentham but Mills said that altruistic acts in fact provide the doer with utility, such as good feelings about himself. Assuming that it was Mills that wrote Utilitarianism; a lot of people seem to think it was his wife. > > liberal at times (I may be getting confused, I think Dana and > > Larry are the only ones that I really have pegged at this > > point.). Not based on that summary of my alleged beliefs the other day you dont :) Cheers, Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
