Monday, October 22, 2012

HT: Reference


Here’s a link that demonstrates one of the targets of satire, the element of utiliarianism, in Hard times.

http://schriftman.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/john-stuart-mill_utilitarianism_jacob-schriftman.jpg
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  1. UnknownOctober 25, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    I can completely understand the use of utilitarianism from within the text. Mostly through Bounderby and Gradgrind and getting all the workers to work. I also see how the cartoon makes sense with the questioning of the use of utilitarianism and then the wife acting "practical".

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