John Stuart Mill’s book

  In John Stuart Mill’s book, Utilitarianism, he develops a moral philosophy based on the utility principle. The utility principle states that actions are good or bad depending on whether they tend to lead to the results of pleasure or pain in the world. This leads to a dilemma: are ineffective martyrs (or people who sacrifice much for the greater good but with no results) acting immorally? In your short one full page paper, explain Mill’s analysis of martyrdom and come to a conclusion whether trying to be a martyr but failing is still valuable for Mill.