Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Joohn Stuart Mill


"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant" From On Liberty (1859).

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happiness = Pleasure

Ethnocentrism: evaluating other people and cultures based on one's own; belief in one's culture is better than others...

*** Cultural Relativism *** (makes morality a social construct, wherein "right" and "wrong" are determined by society.)

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