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A Moral Contradiction in a Moral Principle: Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill was one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century. Mill was best renowned for his idea of “Utilitarianism.” Utilitarianism originated from an ethical principle under Jeremy Bentham, who theorized an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Mill revised the concept of utility and has brought forth “the Greatest Happiness Principle.” Perhaps against this doctrine commences a dissent to those who say that happiness in any form cannot be the rational purpose in human life. These objectors state that the principle of utility is simply unattainable. In the short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin, strict utilitarianism is presented. To what doctrine allows a morality action based on the pain of one or few to provide the greater part happy? Mill emphasizes the Greatest Happiness Principle as, one’s actions are right if they tend to promote happiness; wrong, as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness, meaning the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, the promotion of p