The logic of Mill’s Utilitarianism was Locke and Hume undiluted by any human sentiment. All human action flows from perceived self-interest, and all knowledge is derived from sensory experience, of which the most direct and important are pain and pleasure.27 Therefore, Jeremy Bentham concluded, logically the best way to get people to behave morally is to maximize the pain they suffer when doing bad and maximize the pleasure from doing good, especially the public good,
