| Description |
344 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
From An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation / by Jeremy Bentham -- From A system of logic / by J.S. Mill -- Bentham / by J.S. Mill -- Coleridge / by J.S. Mill -- Whewell on moral philosophy / by J.S. Mill -- Utilitarianism / by J.S. Mill |
| Summary |
In his essays on Bentham and Coleridge, and above all in Utilitarianism, Mill balanced the claims of reason and the imagination, justice and expediency, individuality and social well-being in a system of ethics that is as relevant to today's intellectual and moral dilemmas as it was to the nineteenth century's |
| Analysis |
English philosophy - Texts |
| Notes |
"Penguin original"--Sticker on cover |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page [339] |
| Subject |
Ethics, Modern -- 19th century.
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Philosophy.
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Utilitarianism.
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| Author |
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.
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Ryan, Alan, 1940-
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| LC no. |
87175857 |
| ISBN |
0140432728 (paperback) |
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