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Utilitarianism /
Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth. Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utility' from the moralists of the ancient wor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routlege,
1996.
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| Colección: | Problems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth. Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utility' from the moralists of the ancient world, through the Enlightenment and Victorian utilitarianism up to the lively debate of the present day. Utilitarianism today faces challenges on several fronts: it cannot warrant the drawing of adequate protective boundaries around the essential interests of individuals, and it does not allow them the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203213769 9780203213766 9780415095273 0415095271 0203292286 9780203292280 1280187220 9781280187223 1134827938 9781134827930 1852780975 9781852780975 113482792X 9781134827923 9786610187225 6610187223 |