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Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. by happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
-John Stuart Mill
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Actions Are Right In Proportion As They

John Stuart Mill
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. by happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
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