tilitarianismis a school of ethical reasoning based fundamen
tilitarianismis a school of ethical reasoning based fundamentally on the notion oftrying to bring about the greatest good when one makes an ethicalchoice. Does this require some conception of what “the good” is such that thiscan be identified, measured, and calculated in a way that is consistentacross time, place, and people? Is there any such “good” that has these characteristics? What does Mill identify as the good, and does it have these characteristics?