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In moral philosophy, John Stuart Mill and Aristotle share differing views on morality through their theories Utilitarianism and Moral Virtues, respectively. According to Mill, “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Mill 97). Utilitarianism holds that a deed is morally wrong when it reduces overall well-being and ethically correct when it increases general well-being. Instead of concentrating on the result, utilitarianism stresses the need of making oneself as important as possible during one's existence. Happiness, in Mill's view, could only be obtained via one's usefulness or value to others.