Okay... I think I get what he means by proof. I was really confused when he said you couldn't use reason to understand Utilitarianism because it seems to me we use reason to explain and justify almost everything. He seems to be saying that you need to use proof, as in evidence, to beleive something is valid. I think he mentions something about how reason is disputable but proof is not. Although that sounds resonable... oh no. I better drop this reason/proof buisness before I confound myself.
I now see why we talked about happiness since Mill thinks happiness encompasses all things that people desire... which I'm going to agree with. We don't do anything that doesn't either give us pleasure or is a step toward getting pleasure. It is interesting that he has a definite system on how to make a moral decision, you choose whatever causes the least amount of pain and the most pleasure for the most people.
I think I hit on all the important things... now to go read other peoples blogs and walk through the freezing weather to class tomorrow to see what I missed or got totally wrong. :)
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