
— John Stuart Mill ehemaliger englischer Philosoph und Ökonom und einer der einflussreichsten liberalen Denker des 19. Jahrhunderts 1806 - 1873
Utilitarismus
(Original engl.: "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides.) - Utilitarianism, 1863, Chapter 2. gutenberg.org http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11224