Quotation from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

Answering the charge of godlessness, Mill insists the standard is everyone's happiness, judged as by 'a disinterested and benevolent spectator'.

Citation: "In the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility" — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter II (7th edition (1879)). (id utilitarianism-q8)

Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.

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