Several became Radical members of Parliament, and the group as a whole attempted to use the Westminster Review to exert influence on public opinion. They rejected any philosophical or legal naturalism and furthered Jeremy Bentham's utilitarian philosophy. Utilitarianism as a moral philosophy argues that maximizing pleasure should be the moral standard by which our actions should be measured. It thereby stands in contrast to the metaphysics of Immanuel Kant as well as to the convictions of idealism, amongst others.
Sources
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture20a.htmlhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/
Further reading
- Joseph Hamburger (1965) Intellectuals in Politics: John Stuart Mill and the Philosophical Radicals (Yale University Press)
- William Thomas (1979) The Philosophical Radicals: Nine Studies in Theory and Practice (Oxford)
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Several became Radical members of Parliament, and the group as a whole attempted to use the Westminster Review to exert influence on public opinion. They rejected any philosophical or legal naturalism and furthered Jeremy Bentham's utilitarian philosophy. Utilitarianism as a moral philosophy argues that maximizing pleasure should be the moral standard by which our actions should be measured. It thereby stands in contrast to the metaphysics of Immanuel Kant as well as to the convictions of idealism, amongst others.
Sources
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture20a.htmlhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/
Further reading
- Joseph Hamburger (1965) Intellectuals in Politics: John Stuart Mill and the Philosophical Radicals (Yale University Press)
- William Thomas (1979) The Philosophical Radicals: Nine Studies in Theory and Practice (Oxford)
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