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The Blackwell guide to Mill's Utilitarianism /
Presenting a useful commentary for students on Mill's Utilitarianism, this guide contains the text of Utilitarianism and twelve related essays. Three of these are background essays, five are analyses of the arguments in Utilitarianism, and a final section of four essays addresses some contempor...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, MA ; Oxford :
Blackwell Pub.,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Blackwell guides to great works.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I : The background of Mill's Utilitarianism
- Mill's life / Susan Leigh Anderson
- Bentham's utilitarianism / Gerald J. Postema
- The place of utilitarianism in Mill's philosophy / John Skorupski
- Part II : The complete text of John Mill's Utilitarianism
- General remarks
- What utilitarianism is
- Of the ultimate sanction of the principle of utility
- Of what sort of proof the principle of utility is susceptible
- On the connection between justice and utility
- Part III : Essays on the text
- Mill's theory of value / Wendy Donner
- Mill's theory of morally correct action / Alan E. Fuchs
- Mill's theory of sanctions / Dale E. Miller
- Mill's "proof" of the principle of utility / Henry R. West
- Mill's theory of rights / L.W. Sumner
- Part IV : Influence and contemporary issues
- Contemporary criticisms of utilitarianism : a response / William H. Shaw
- The scalar approach to utilitarianism / Alastair Norcross
- Right, wrong, and rule-consequentialism / Brad Hooker
- Some implications of utilitarianism for practical ethics : the case against the military response to terrorism / Bart Gruzalski.