Download or read book Utilitarianism EasyRead Comfort Edition written by John Stuart Mill and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilitarianism, the best known branch of consequentialist ethics, was popularized by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book maintains that ethics primarily depend on the consequences of one's behavior rather that the values one holds. Thus values are ethical insofar as these values produce desirable outcomes.