What does /lit/ think of John Stuart Milton? No memes or bullying.

>>9443244
ethics is the greatest meme of all time

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>>9443244
>One of the founders of liberalism as we know it.
>Can be seen as something of a 19th century feminist
>Weird ass childhood with either an awesome or a terrible dad depending on how you look at it.
>Held the Catholics and Jewish religion in disdain
>Worked his entire life for the Honorable East India Company (the company accidentally killed 34 million Indians)
>Literally wrote a sixty page defense for said company when the Indian mutiny was happening


Pretty good read desu

>>9443244
No discernable talent

Utilitarianism is undefendable and poisons the rest of his work.

>>9443374
Thuis

>>9443244
>John Stuart Milton
That's John Stuart Mill, you window-licking retard.

>No memes or bullying.
Oops, sorry.

>>9443244
I like consequentialism. I don't think good can be identified with pleasure.

>>9443244
On Liberty is extremely good, start there

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>>9443881
not sure why I typed that, sorry.

>>9443244
Well, I do know that John Stuart Milll of his own free will on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill

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>>9443374
>>9443672
anything in particular about utilitarianism that you disagree with or just the idea as a whole?