Research On Muller's Utilitarian View Of Happiness

Since ancient times,happiness is the goal of people’s lives,but our country has less studied on happiness.Western philosophers studied happiness deeply and they have many wonderful ideas which we can use for reference.Among them,utilitarianism happiness has had a great influence since its birth and it is very worth to learn.Utilitarianism happiness mainly developed on the basis of happy theory.By the 18 th century,Bentham sort out the predecessors’ point of view,and expounds the utilitarianism systematically for the first time.By the 19 th century,John Stuart Mill is not only inherited Bentham’s utilitarianism,but also made the change and developed it.Compared to Bentham’s think highly of the amount of the sad and happy,he thinks highly of the quality of the sad and happy.And he developed it from self-serving to altruism,expanded the greatest happiness principle,but also increased the virtues such as freedom and justice,becoming a master of the utilitarianism.Utilitarianism is a kind of happiness that in favor of the behavior which increase or tend to increase people’s happiness,opposed to the behavior which reduce or tend to reduce people’s happiness.Sadness and happiness replace evil and good as the standard that judge the behavior right or not.And it is in pursuit of "the greatest happiness of the most people" as the ultimate goal.By combining the social history background and Mill’s family background and he’s growth experience,sketch the development of utilitarianism happiness process.Mainly expound the Mill’s inheritance and development to Bentham’s utilitarianism happiness,detailed expound the content of Mill’s utilitarianism happiness.Including his concept of happiness,the relationship between happiness and virtue,the relationship between happiness and justice,and the relationship between happiness and freedom.Critically analyze utilitarianism happiness and combine the reality of China,in order to help people to form a correct view about happiness,and provide certain reference to pursue happiness.