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Green And Utilitarianism

Was Green a Utilitarian in Practice?
A look at T.H. Green and John Stuart Mill on Crime and Punishment

Justin Ekin
December 12, 2006
Senior Seminar
Dr. Brenda Wirkus
Fall Semester 2006

The proper characterization of T. H. Green's moral and political thought is a matter of increasing controversy. This is highlighted particularly in the debate between David Weinstein and Avital Simhony in recent years. Weinstein argues that Green (as well as L. T. Hobhouse) 1 share striking similarities with utilitarians, especially John Stuart Mill, in his political thought. Indeed, Weinstein reminds us that Green had claimed Mill's reformulated utilitarianism was ‘scarcely... distinguishable' from his own position, as Green says:

Now, in a general way and up to a certain point, the line of action directed at this removal of obstacles and supply of conditions favorable to goodness, will also tend to make existence more pleasant for those whose good is being sought.2

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