A much longer list of utilitarian consequentialists may be found in the list of utilitarians. His hybrid approach to meta-ethics distinguishes him from classical utilitarians like Jeremy Bentham. Utilitarians reject speciesism, the discrimination of individuals on the basis of their species membership. Utilitarians hold that individual wants cannot be rationally justified. They were particularly critical of the ahistorical approach of the English utilitarians. This satirised Scottish philosopher James Mill who attempted to develop his sons into perfect utilitarians. His idea of good owes more to Green than to the hedonistic utilitarians. Evangelicals and utilitarians shared a basic middle-class ethic of responsibility and formed a political alliance. Utilitarians tend to see reason as an instrument for the satisfactions of wants and needs. In his response, Hoppe derided his critics as "utilitarians". Utilitarians&colon; Believe that the end sought justifies the means to that end. Leslie Stephen in The English Utilitarians,Vol 3, John Stuart Mill. The Utilitarians were one of the targets of Dickens' satire. Utilitarians and Kantians, however, neglect to enquire why particular goods constitute the greatest good. The utilitarians ware of the common people usually had simple decoration that reflected its use.