Ethic Analysis

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Unit 1: What is the Good Life?

Week 3 (June 3& 5): Mill, Utilitarianism (Book—- J.S. Mill, On Liberty and Other Essays, ed. John Gray (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991)

****Critical Assignment: In a one page critical commentary/response related to the week’s reading, please address one of the following questions (or a similar question of your own creation):

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a. Does the author make any unwarranted assumptions? What are they, and why are they unwarranted?

b. Does the author’s argument seem to lead to false conclusions? If so, which step in his argument goes wrong?

c. Does the author’s overall view seem correct? Are his arguments all correct? How might someone who disagrees with this author try to argue against this view?

d. Does the author’s view have any clear problems? If so, how might they be fixed?

e. Does the author’s argument make sense? Why/why not?

f. Given the author’s position, how might he comment on a contemporary problem?

g. If you disagree with the author, what would you say to him to try and convince him your view is correct and his view is not correct?

h. Does the author contradict something that a previous author we have read claimed? Who do you think is correct? Why?