This essay discusses how, in "Utilitarianism", Mill states that, "In the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility. To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality." In this way, Mill succeeds in characterizing the spirit of utilitarianism as a moral theory. This is because it becomes in people's self-interest to be good to others. 7 pgs. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
