An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics.
John Stuart Mill was the leading British philosopher of the nineteenth century and his famous essay Utilitarianism is the most influential statement of this philosophical approach. Henry West's introduction to utilitarianism serves as both a commentary to, and interpretation of, the text.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
Dec. 2003.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; METHOD OF CITATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 MILL'S LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND; 2 MILL'S CRITICISM OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES; 3 QUALITIES OF PLEASURE; 4 WAS MILL AN ACT- OR RULE-UTILITARIAN?; 5 SANCTIONS AND MORAL MOTIVATION; 6 MILL'S "PROOF" OF THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY; 7 UTILITY AND JUSTICE; APPENDIX AN OVERALL VIEW OF MILL'S UTILITARIANISM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.