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| Author | : Frederick Rosen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2005-06-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1134599099 |
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.
| Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
| Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2003-03-15 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1603840753 |
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.
| Author | : F. Rosen |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0415220947 |
This book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians. The writings of Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham are also considered.
| Author | : John Stuart Mill |
| Publisher | : Broadview Press |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2010-08-06 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1460402103 |
John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overall happiness. The essay first appeared as a series of articles published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill discusses utilitarianism in some of his other works, including On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, but Utilitarianism contains his only sustained defence of the theory. In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism. Heydt shows, for example, how Mill’s moral philosophy grew out of political engagement, rather than exclusively out of a speculative interest in determining the nature of morality. Appendices include precedents to Mill’s work, reactions to Utilitarianism, and related writings by Mill.
| Author | : Georgios Varouxakis |
| Publisher | : UCL Press |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 2019-07-29 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1787350487 |
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.
| Author | : F. Rosen |
| Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Exploring the connection between Bentham and Byron forged by the Greek struggle for independence, this book focuses on the activities of the London Greek Committee, supposedly founded by disciples of Jeremy Bentham, which mounted the expedition on which Lord Byron ultimately met his death in Greece. Rosen's penetrating study provides a new assessment of British philhellenism and examines for the first time the relationship between Bentham's theory of constitutional government and the emerging liberalism of the 1820s. Breaking new ground in the history of political ideas and culture in the early nineteenth century, Rosen advances striking new interpretations based on recently published texts and manuscript sources of the development of constitutional theory from Locke and Montesquieu, the conflicting strands of liberalism in the 1820s, and the response in Britain to strong claims for national self-determination in the Mediterranean basin. He sets out to distinguish between Bentham's theory and the ideological context against which it is usually interpreted.
| Author | : John Stuart Mill |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 609 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0199670803 |
Collects four of the philosopher's essays on issues central to liberal democratic regimes. --Publisher.
| Author | : Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0199603693 |
Tests the views and metaphor of 19th-century utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick against a variety of contemporary views on ethics, determining that they are defensible and thus providing a defense of objectivism in ethics and of hedonistic utilitarianism.
| Author | : Roger Crisp |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1134837240 |
Mill was one of the most important British philosophers of the nineteenth century; his Utilitarianism is a pivotal work in ethical thought. This book, written specifically for students coming to Mill - and perhaps philosophy - for the first time, will be an ideal guide. Mill on Utilitarianism introduces and assesses: * Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism * the ideas and text of Utilitarianism * the continuing importance of Mill's work to philosophy This is the first book dedicated to Utilitarianism itself. Concisely written and engaging, it is perfect reading for those studying Mill or moral philosophy.
| Author | : Necip Fikri Alican |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2021-09-20 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9004463666 |
This book is a thoroughgoing analysis, interpretation, and defense of John Stuart Mill's proof of the principle of utility. It answers the traditional charges levelled against that proof, supports a comprehensive interpretation by painstaking study of Mill's text in Utilitarianism, and marshals arguments on behalf of utility as the first principle of morality. Universal Justice (UJ) is dedicated to the advancement of justice conceived globally. It publishes interpretations of the history of thought as well as original monographs and collective volumes, including work related to the activities of the International Society for Universalism.
