John Stuart Mill theorized the 'principle of utility' or 'the
             greatest happiness principle'; which sought for the systematic coherency of
             ethical philosophy through the consequences of actions. He believed that
             this principle was the primary consideration determining social morality,
             presupposed by the acquisition of happiness as opposed to the avoidance of
             For Mill, morality is an externalized process that is dependent on
             action and reaction to behaviors and, or, consequences. The shared beliefs
             of society determine the "rightness' or 'wrongness' of the action in order
             to set the laws and the ethical standards of society. In the second
             chapter of Utilitarianism, Mill describes the motivation for moral behavior
             as "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the
             Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as
             they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse
             of happiness" (Internet source). By happiness is intended pleasure, and
             the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.
             The moral standard set up by Mill's includes the ideas of pain and
             pleasure; and to what extent this is left an open question. But these
             supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this
             theory of morality is grounded- namely, that pleasure, and freedom from
             pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things
             (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) are
             desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to
             the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain (Mill Internet
             In his principle of utility, Mill has set the definitions and
             parameters of the individual's conceptualization of societal structure
             within a foundation that is easily understood and evaluated against
             historical data. He provide...