Study Questions for Mill, Utilitarianism, pp. 25-40

 

 

1.      In Chapter III Mill develops his ideas about the psychology of morals: What motives do people have for doing what is right?  How do those motives have any force for us?  His main answer comes on p.28.  What is it?                               

 

2.      How does Mill answer the question, “Is morality natural?” (P.30)

 

3.      What is the “natural basis of sentiment for utilitarian morality”?  That is, what natural human feelings does utilitarianism appeal to? (Pp.30-33)

 

4.      Try to understand and assess the ‘proof’ Mill offers in Chapter IV.