In chapter two of Utilitarianism, Mill argues "The motive has nothing to do with the morality of the action... He who saves his fellow man from drowning does what is morally right, whether his motive might be duty or the hope of being paid for his trouble; he who betrays the friend who trusts him, is guilty of a crime, even if his purpose is serve another friend towards the which has greater obligations” (Mill 16). Through this statement Mill establishes the concept of consequentialism, therefore altering the ethics of an act. If you save a man from drowning with the intention of saving him, the act is ethical. On the other hand, if one saves a man from drowning with the intention of killing him, the act is therefore immoral. In opposition to Kant's ethical theory, Mill's theory defends the claim that consequences influence ethics of a