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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The Quarterly Review (London)
Author: The Edinburgh Review
Author: Museum of Foreign Literature and Science
Author: Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
Author: Museum of Foreign Literature and Science
Author: Robert WalshThe Ecclesiastical gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the Church of England
Author: Happiness and Utility
Author: Georgios VarouxakisPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787350487
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Happiness and Utility brings together experts on utilitarianism to explore the concept of happiness within the utilitarian tradition, situating it in earlier eighteenth-century thinkers and working through some of its developments at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Drawing on a range of philosophical and historical approaches to the study of the central idea of utilitarianism, the chapters provide a rich set of insights into a founding component of ethics and modern political and economic thought, as well as political and economic practice. In doing so, the chapters examine the multiple dimensions of utilitarianism and the contested interpretations of this standard for judgement in morality and public policy.
The Classical Utilitarians
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603840753
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other writings, including the complete text of his Remarks on Bentham's Philosophy. The selection from Mill's A System of Logic is of special relevance to the debate between those who read Mill as an Act-Utilitarian and those who interpret him as a Rule-Utilitarian. Also included are selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham, founder of modern Utilitarianism and mentor (together with James Mill) of John Stuart Mill. Bentham's Principles of Morals and Legislation had important effects on political and legal reform in his own time and continues to provide insights for political theorists and philosophers of law. Seven chapters of Bentham's Principles are here in their entirety, together with a number of shorter selections, including one in which Bentham repudiates the slogan often used to characterize his philosophy: The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number. John Troyer's Introduction presents the central themes and arguments of Bentham and Mill and assesses their relevance to current discussions of Utilitarianism. The volume also provides indexes, a glossary, and notes.
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Author: RigbyClassical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill
Author: Frederick RosenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134599099
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians from Hume to J.S. Mill. Discussion of utility in writers such as Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham is included.