What John Stuart Mill thinks about religion

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Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal; worked for the East India Company for almost thirty-five years; elected Member of Parliament for Westminster in 1865.

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   Our readingThe golden rule of Jesus is the complete spirit of utilitarian ethics

   Their wordsIn the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility. To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.

   ↗Utilitarianism (1861; 7th edition, 1879)gutenberg.org All 5 from this book