How Are Moral Duties Possible or J.S. Mill on the nature of morals

• Authors: Lukow P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

J.S. Mill understood morals in terms of duties. Contrary to his own intentions he did not provide a plausible explanation of what morals are because, having accepted Bentham's theoretical assumptions, he had to take over the thin concept of duty which is inseparable from them and which reduces duty to constraint and sanction. Since on this account legitimacy of a sanction depends on the decision of the individual or group who creates the sanction, morals must be understood in Mill's theory as imposed upon the society by those who have the power to enforce their rulings.

Keywords

EN

MILL JOHN STUART (NATURE OF MORALS)

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4(60)
• Pages: 209-218
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lukow P.

• P. Lukow, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02425040