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Utilitarianism and the New Liberalism /

In this study, David Weinstein argues that nineteenth-century English New Liberalism was considerably more indebted to classical English utilitarianism than the received view holds. T.H. Green, L.T. Hobhouse, D.G. Ritchie and J.A. Hobson were liberal consequentialists who followed J.S. Mill in tryin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weinstein, D. (David), 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Colección:Ideas in context ; 83.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Between Kantianism and utilitarianism: T.H. Green
  • 3. Between utilitarianism and perfectionism: L.T. Hobhouse
  • 4. Excursus: Green, Hobhouse and contemporary moral philosophy
  • 5. Vindicating utilitarianism: D.G. Ritchie
  • 6. Utilitarian socialism: J.A. Hobson
  • 7. Conclusion: intellectual history and the idolatry of conceptual dichotomies.