Although Mill was mainly for free markets, he accepted interventions in the economy, such as a tax on alcohol, if there were sufficient utilitarian grounds.

However, he accepted interventions in the economy, such as a tax on alcohol, if there were sufficient utilitarian grounds.

Just as in On Liberty, Mill defends the emancipation of women on utilitarian grounds.

On teleological or utilitarian grounds, the moral status of "black market organ donation" relies upon the ends, rather than the means.

The architect had justified the plaza on strictly utilitarian grounds.

The argument for the importance of race, however, does not rest purely on utilitarian grounds.

It is a matter for the state (including the judges) to decide on utilitarian grounds whether to do so or not.

At the time, the historians said, Americans defended the practice on utilitarian grounds, because of the perceived seriousness of the Soviet threat to the West.

His opposition was on utilitarian rather than humane grounds: it does not work; it 'absolves robust scoundrels' and condemns weak innocents.

As we have seen, Beccaria's justification for punishment was on quite different, purely utilitarian grounds: efficient crime control.