John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism | Five Conceptions of Justice | Philosophy Core Concepts

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This Core Concept video focuses on John Stuart Mill's work Utilitarianism, specifically on chapter 5, where Mill distinguishes five common senses of "justice" (and correlatively "injustice"): respecting legal rights, respecting moral rights, giving people what they deserve, honoring commitments, and impartiality.

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[erikblaire]

Hello sir, thanks very much for all those great lectures. You've raised the examples of racial and male superiority in the US. I just wanted to mention, that the new Israeli government (where I'm from) is going to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian people live under an opressive military rule and Jewish Superiority is a no - brainer. The world doesn't intervene, unfortunately. Just wanted to raise awareness, and I thought you could give this as an example on injustice. Thank you very much.
#FreePalestine
#JusticeForPalestinians

[mahdyfo]

Can we categorize all of these 5 into the first one? (Respecting legal rights) Legalizing promises can be easy however legalizing some others like morals is difficult. But if we can do it, then is it better to say following laws is the only concept of justice?

[RukaSubCh]

So telling a lie for "the greater good" is not justifiable as there was a lie told ?


Where would economic prediction based on past evidence fall under?

[alexmavlios]

How would mill view slavery? Would he defend it because it was legal at the time and that he’d respect the legal rights of people?

[MultiJinpachi]

Why, according to Mill, would any case of injustice provided violate the Principle of Utility?