According to Sidgwick, Mill made a mistake when:

a. he set pleasure as the ultimate good.
b. when he mistook an aggregate of desire for happiness with an actual desirefor the general good.
c. he said that the good can be discovered by reason

d. a and
b. e. b and
c.


b

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