this definition, Clor notes, the Marquis de Sade would qualify as an admirable man. As if to answer, Mill, in his 1861 essay Utilitarian-ism, distinguished between higher and lower human pursuits, with such aberrations as the Marquis's falling into the lower realm.
But Mill never showed how a society governed the principles of On Liberty would encourage citizens to pursue "higher" pleasures. In fact, Clor says, Mill never really grappled with the reality that many people, given a choice,...