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| Mill v. Devlin - Contrast | ||||||||
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| Mill advocates the use of rationality and intellect -- if it causes harm, criminalize it, otherwise it must be left alone; Devlin advocates the use of emotionalism and reaction -- if enough people don�t like it, criminalize it. Mill views society as an aggregate of individuals, coming together presumably for the purpose of serving their common interests; Devlin views society organically, as a being unto itself, with the same right to survive as a human being. For Mill, society serves the individual and promotes the survival of the individual, while for Devlin the individual serves society and promotes the survival of society. In essence, then, Mill views society as an artifice created by human beings in order to promote their own aggregate well-being. Devlin, however, views society as a thing unto itself whose well-being is more important than the individual�s comprising it. |
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