On Mill's view, whose happiness is relevant for determining right conduct?
A) Only the agent's own happiness
B) Only the agent's own happiness and the happiness of the agent's loved ones
C) Only the happiness of those who deserve to be happy
D) The happiness of all concerned

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According to Mill's utilitarianism, the right conduct is determined by the greatest happiness principle which holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Therefore, in determining the right conduct, the happiness of all those affected by the action must be taken into account.

On Mill's View, Whose Happiness Is Relevant for Determining Right