How many words is Utilitarianism?

27,657 words, counted from the complete public-domain text rather than estimated from a page count.

Is Utilitarianism free to read?

Yes. Utilitarianism is in the public domain in the United States and can be read in full, free and without an account.

Utilitarianism

Q: How long does it take to read Utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism is 27,657 words, which is about 1h 51m at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. At 400 words per minute it is about 1h 09m, and at 600 about 46 min.

John Stuart Mill

Utilitarianism is 27,657 words — about 1h 51m at 250 words per minute, across 6 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.

How long does it take to read Utilitarianism?

1h 51m at 250 words per minute

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How it opens

There are few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge, more unlike what might have been expected, or more significant of the backward state in which speculation on the most important subjects still lingers, than the little progress which has been made in the decision of the controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong. From the dawn of philosophy, the question conce…

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AuthorJohn Stuart Mill
SourceProject Gutenberg #11224
Length27,657 words · 1h 51m of reading
Chapters6
DictionaryIncluded
CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

6 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

01CHAPTER II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS
02CHAPTER I.
03CHAPTER II.
04CHAPTER III.
05CHAPTER IV.
06CHAPTER V.

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

3h 29m

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