Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Utilitarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)

Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)
Krister Bykvist (Author)

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Utilitarianism

<div><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 27.5pt">U</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">tilitarianism is the ethical theory advanced by Jeremy Bentham, J.S. Mill, and Henry Sidgwick and has contributed significantly to contemporary moral and political philosophy. Yet it is not without controversy and is a subject that students can often find particularly perplexing. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Utilitarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed</i> offers a concise, yet fully comprehensive introduction to utilitarianism, its historical roots, key themes, and current debates.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></span> <br/><p style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Krister Bykvist provides a survey of the modern debate about utilitarianism and goes on to evaluate utilitarianism in comparison with other theories, in particular virtue ethics and Kantianism. Bykvist offers a critical examination of utilitarianism, distinguishing problems that are unique to utilitarianism from those that are shared by other moral theories. Focusing on the problems unique to utilitarianism, the book provides a well-balanced assessment of where the theory goes astray and is in need of revision. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of utilitarianism, this book serves as an ideal companion to study of this influential and challenging of philosophical concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span> </p></div>>

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  • Published on: 2010-02-17
  • Original language: English
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  • Dimensions: 8.50" h x .59" w x 5.43" l, .55 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 186 pages

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

The Essential Plato Anthology (25 works) [Illustrated]

The Essential
The Essential Plato Anthology (25 works) [Illustrated]
Plato (Author)
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Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations.

This huge collection is an anthology of one of the greatest philosophers, and includes his some of his most important works: with active table of contents:

Apology
Charmides
Cratylus
Critias
Crito
Euthydemus
Euthyphro
Gorgias
Ion
Laches
Laws
Lysis
Menexenus
Meno
Parmenides
Phaedo
Phaedrus
Philebus
Protagoras
Plato's Republic
Sophist
Statesman
Symposium
Theaetetus
Timaeus

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  • Published on: 2008-07-28
  • Released on: 2008-07-28
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Friday, March 1, 2013

Utilitarianism, 2nd Edition (Annotated)

Utilitarianism 2nd
Utilitarianism, 2nd Edition (Annotated)
John Stuart Mill (Author), George Sher (Author)
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Utilitarianism

A Edited by George SherThis expanded edition of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

  • Rank: #132873 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2010-04-10
  • Released on: 2010-04-15
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Explore the central issues of philosophy through an engaging combination of classic and contemporary sources. With over seventy non-technical readings, the editors of PHILOSOPHICAL HORIZONS have put together the easiest to follow and yet most informative philosophy selections ever. Unlike any other introductory anthology, you can read fully annotated masterpieces from the history of philosophy in their entirety, including Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, the Encheiridion of Epictetus, Descartes's Meditations, Berkeley's Treatise, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Kant's Groundwork, Mill's Utilitarianism, James's The Will to Believe, and Sartre's The Humanism of Existentialism. These are juxtaposed with related work from contemporary philosophers so that you can experience how the issues raised in these classic works of philosophy are debated in contemporary times. *Author: Cahn, Steven M./ Eckert, Maureen *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 704 *Publication Date: 2011/01/01 *Language: English *Dimensions: 9.00 x 7.10 x 0.90 inches

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Explore the central issues of philosophy through an engaging combination of classic and contemporary sources. With over seventy non-technical readings, the editors of PHILOSOPHICAL HORIZONS have put together the easiest to follow and yet most informative philosophy selections ever. Unlike any other introductory anthology, you can read fully annotated masterpieces from the history of philosophy in their entirety, including Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, the Encheiridion of Epictetus, Descartes's Meditations, Berkeley's Treatise, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Kant's Groundwork, Mill's Utilitarianism, James's The Will to Believe, and Sartre's The Humanism of Existentialism. These are juxtaposed with related work from contemporary philosophers so that you can experience how the issues raised in these classic works of philosophy are debated in contemporary times.

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"Harvesting Nature's Bounty is a treasure trove of nature wisdom and lore. It not only covers wild edible and medicinal plants, and survival skills, it also covers subjects as varied as fish stunners, weather predictors, cricket temperature, pine pitch glue, natural bug repellents, and a wide variety of exciting new culinary sources. This book will show you how to commune with nature and reconnect at a level known only our distant ancestors. This book will empower the reader with the knowledge and resources needed to begin their re-connection back to the Earthmother. The reader will learn where the treasures of nature are located and how they can be used. The reader will also learn how to assist nature in her recovery as they learn. As the reader begins to see nature at deeper level they will begin to recognize all of her inhabitants both large and small and see the significant role each play in the big scheme. When this happens, the reader will never look at a field, forest, or blade of grass the same ever again. Major Points of Value Harvesting Nature's Bounty{C}: A guidebook of nature lore, wild edible, medicinal, and utilitarian plants and animals. Over 200 species are discussed along with their various uses. Several articles have been published in various magazines and newsletters based on this research. This book is heavily annotated with references. In addition to the research, most of the accounts are from first hand experience and approximately 100 supporting photographs are included. This book offers a unique collection of Nature Lore available nowhere else. There are other books covering various aspects referenced in Harvesting Nature's Bounty, such as wild edible plant identification books. There is no other single book that covers the breadth of nature lore including edible, medicinal, utilitarian plant uses. Also included in this book is a wide range of other unique nature lore including little known useful tricks used primarily by Native Americans. Several aspects of wilderness survival including shelters, fire starting, water collecting, alternative hunting methods without weapons are also cover. This book is a cornucopia of nature lore that will have a wide appeal to anyone interested in any aspect of nature including those of spiritual interests. The book is also filled with expressions of deep concern and respect for all inhabitants of the nature realm. If you ever wanted to know information ask in the following questions then this book is for you: Do you want to know how to eat a pine tree? Do you think you don't have any wild edible or medicinal plants near you? Think again! The author of this book found over thirty in his very unexceptional small suburban lot. Do you know where and how to safely collect wild edible and medicinal plants without hurting nature's delicate balance. This book will not only show you how, but will tell you how to enhance nature's garden. Would you like to learn how to find and eat some the most important food staples of the Native Americans, like acorns, groundnuts, cattails, and others? Wouldn't you like to know how to build a survival shelter with no tools that can protect you and keep you dry in sub-freezing weather? Do you want to know how to catch large bullfrogs during the day without any tools? Would you like to know about a plant that will prevent poison ivy from developing after you have been exposed? Would you like to know how to find wild edible plants in the dead of winter? Did you know that North America's largest native fruit could not be purchased in any grocery store? It can only be found in nature. Have you ever tried North America's largest berry. It too can not be found any grocery store. It is also as sweet as any candy you have ever eaten. Would you like to know about natural treatments that can be found in nature for over dozens of the most common complaints?File Size: 5558 KBPrint Length: 243 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: Createspace; 2nd edition (June 8, 2008) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B001T4YT58"

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Classics)

Utilitarianism and
Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Classics)
Jeremy Bentham (Author), John Stuart Mill (Author)
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Utilitarianism

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement's founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher. His greatest interpreter, John Stuart Mill (1806-73), set out to humanize Bentham's pragmatic Utilitarianism by balancing the claims of reason and the imagination, individuality and social well-being in essays such as 'Bentham', 'Coleridge' and, above all, Utilitarianism. The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.

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  • Published on: 2004-02-05
  • Released on: 2004-02-05
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Utilitarianism (Great Books in Philosophy)

Utilitarianism Great
Utilitarianism (Great Books in Philosophy)
John Stuart Mill (Author)
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Utilitarianism

What is the foundation upon which moral judgements are made? Why and how do we conclude that an action, performed or contemplated, is right or wrong, good or bad? In the eighteenth century, English philosopher Jeremy Bentham developed the now famous moral theory known as utilitarianism, which is based upon the pleasure principle - a concept whose history can be traced back to the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and to Hedonism.In his acclaimed essay "Utilitarianism" (1863), John Stuart Mill, the intellectual creation of his father (James Mill) and Jeremy Bentham, discusses in considerable detail this powerful and influential principle that grounds the judgement of human action on the extent to which it would result in pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people. In doing so, Mill not only analysis objections to the principle of utility, but also distinguishes his own unique interpretation of the principle, thus beginning a self-critical approach to the development and refinement of utilitarian moral theory that remains vigorous to this day.

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  • Published on: 1987-02-01
  • Original language: English
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  • Dimensions: 8.46" h x .24" w x 5.51" l, .25 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 1 pages

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Categories: Utilitarianism, Hedonism, Utilitarianism. Contributors: Fred Feldman - Author. Format: Paperback

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Categories: Utilitarianism, Representative government and representation. Contributors: John Stuart Mill - Author. Format: Paperback

Friday, February 22, 2013

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill (Author), George Sher (Author)
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Utilitarianism

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's 'Utilitarianism' includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

  • Rank: #688655 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-07-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 5.51" h x .47" w x 8.46" l, .42 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 71 pages

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Categories: Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873)->Utilitarianism, Logic * Philosophy, Utilitarianism. Contributors: John Stuart Mill - Author. Format: Paperback

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Forms and Limits of Utilitarianism - Louis Lyons, David Lyons

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Categories: Utilitarianism, Literary Collections->Ancient, Classical & Medieval->General, Politics * History and Theory. Contributors: Oskar Piest - Author. Format: Paperback

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Utilitarianism and
Utilitarianism and Other Essays
John Stuart Mill (Author), Jeremy Bentham (Author), Alan Ryan (Introduction)
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Utilitarianism

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement's founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher. His greatest interpreter, John Stuart Mill (1806-73), set out to humanize Bentham's pragmatic Utilitarianism by balancing the claims of reason and the imagination, individuality and social well-being in essays such as 'Bentham', 'Coleridge' and, above all, Utilitarianism. The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.

  • Rank: #377729 in Books
  • Published on: 1987-08-04
  • Released on: 1987-08-04
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.80" h x .79" w x 5.08" l, .57 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 352 pages

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Categories: Ethics, Modern->19th century, 19th Century English Fiction & Literature Classics, Utilitarianism. Contributors: John Stuart Mill - Author. Format: Paperback

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Utilitarianism and Other Essays, ISBN-13: 9780140432725, ISBN-10: 0140432728