law case

In the case of Denise, the single mother, and her eight year old daughter, Sally, the two of them face a moral dilemma. Denise cannot afford the anticonvulsant drugs needed to control Sally’s extreme seizures. Since she cannot afford them she steals the medicine from the drug store where she is employed as a check-out clerk. This way she can still provide a home, food and clothing for her daughter and herself. This, in …

…and bad could not be defined in one common way. He said that good and bad were interrelated with their surrounding circumstances, and that happiness had to be the ultimate end. In this case, the circumstances in Denise and Sally’s lives, forced Denise to commit the crimes she did. Denise had her daughter’s happiness in mind, and that was her ultimate goal, therefore according to Mill, Denise’s crimes were not considered bad.