Information source: Not sure if this is the right reference class, but it’s interesting to note that the most famous historical utilitarians seemed to have married late.
1. Jeremy Bentham was never married, and AFAIK has never had a romantic relationship.
2. John Stuart Mill married Harriet Mill (also a prominent utilitarian) when he was 45. She was 44. If his autobiography is to be believed, she was his first and only serious romantic interest.
3. Henry Sidgwich married at 38. (though some biographers think he was privately gay).
4. Bertrand Russell seemed to be a bit of an outlier, marrying at 22, 49, 64 and 80.
5. Derek Parfit married at 67.
6. Peter Singer (also an outlier) married at 22.
The earlier examples are especially interesting, because I’d expect the average age of marriage to be much lower, historically. Of course, they might also generalize less well.
Information source: Not sure if this is the right reference class, but it’s interesting to note that the most famous historical utilitarians seemed to have married late.
1. Jeremy Bentham was never married, and AFAIK has never had a romantic relationship.
2. John Stuart Mill married Harriet Mill (also a prominent utilitarian) when he was 45. She was 44. If his autobiography is to be believed, she was his first and only serious romantic interest.
3. Henry Sidgwich married at 38. (though some biographers think he was privately gay).
4. Bertrand Russell seemed to be a bit of an outlier, marrying at 22, 49, 64 and 80.
5. Derek Parfit married at 67.
6. Peter Singer (also an outlier) married at 22.
The earlier examples are especially interesting, because I’d expect the average age of marriage to be much lower, historically. Of course, they might also generalize less well.