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

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

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<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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• 186 pages

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J.S. Mill in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series)

J.S. Mill in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series)
Paul Strathern (Author)
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• Published on: 2002-09-24
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
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On Liberty and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics)

On Liberty and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics)
John Stuart Mill (Author), John Gray (Editor)
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Collected here in a single volume for the first time are John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection of Women. These essays show Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain vital today--the nature of ethics, the scope and limits of individual liberty, the merits of and costs of democratic government, and the place of women in society. In his Introduction John Gray describes these essays as applications of Mill's doctrine of the Art of Life, as set out in A System of Logic. Using the resources of recent scholarship, he shows Mill's work to be far richer and subtler than traditional interpretations allow.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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• Published on: 2008-05-15
• Original language: English
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