All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems …

John Stuart Mill
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All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient. ✨ John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill, p.96, Hackett Publishing
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