What is John Stuart Mill?
[[File:Stuart Mill G F Watts.jpg|frameless|right]] '''John Stuart Mill''' (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]] and [[political economy|political economist]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/mill/|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|last=Macleod|first=Christopher|date=2020|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2020}}</ref> He was a [[classical liberalism|classical liberal]] thinker of the [[19th century]]. He was for [[utilitarianism]], the ethical theory first proposed by his godfather [[Jeremy Bentham]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=MacAskill|first=William|date=2021|title=John Stuart Mill – Utilitarian Thinkers|url=https://www.utilitarianism.net/utilitarian-thinker/john-stuart-mill|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online Textbook|language=en-US}}</ref> As a utilitarian, he believed that the good of society as a whole is more important than the pleasure of one or a few individuals. == References == {{DEFAULTSORT:Mill, John Stuart}} [[Category:1806 births]] [[Category:1873 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century English philosophers]] [[Category:British economists]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Scientists from London]] [[Category:Writers from London]] <references /> {{bio-stub}} {{Economics}} {{authority control}}