MILL I

I. Normative Ethics vs. Metaethics

II What is Utilitarianism

III Bentham, Mill, and Utilitarian Reform

Alan Ryan’s intro

Bentham’s role:

Mill’s role: the response to Coleridge

IV Mill’s opposition: intuitionism

V Mill’s goal:

                    A. Normative ethics: A "criterion" of right and wrong

B. Metaethics: a more adequate philosophical account of the criterion than intuitionism VI Moral Principles:

A. A single principle or a ranking

B. Ethics vs. Science