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1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- I: Introduction: The Character of the Theory -- II: Four Ancient Moralists -- 1 Mo Tzŭ -- 2 Jesus -- 3 Aristotle -- 4 Epicurus -- III: Utilitarianism and Enlightenment -- 1 Chastellux and Helvétius -- 2 Hutcheson -- 3 Hume -- 4 Priestley and Paley -- 5 Godwin -- 6 Bentham -- IV: John Stuart Mill -- 1 Early Years -- 2 James Mill -- 3 The Importance of Character -- 4 Higher and Lower Pleasures -- 5 The 'Proof of Utility' -- 6 Utility and Justice -- V: Some Later Developments |
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1 Intuitional Utilitarianism: Sidgwick -- 2 Ideal Utilitarianism: Moore and Rashdall -- 3 Rule-Utilitarianism -- VI: Happiness and Other Ends -- 1 Preference and Happiness -- 2 Dominant- and Inclusive-End Conceptions of Happiness -- 3 Problems about Multiple Ends -- 4 Two Contrasting Responses -- VII: Maximisation, Fairness and Respect for Persons -- 1 Is Utilitarian Justice Just? -- 2 Panem et Circenses -- 3 'Whoever Debases Others is Debasing Himself -- 4 But Should the Consequences Count? -- 5 Limitations of the Self-Respect Argument -- 6 Archangels, Proles and the Natural Man |
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VIII: Utilitarianism and Personality -- 1 Does Utilitarian Morality Demand too Much? -- 2 The Hard Line: Utilitarians Should be Saints -- 3 A Softer Line: Utilitarians may be Human -- 4 Maximisation and Alienation -- 5 Non-Alienating Direct Utilitarianism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000107517 |
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1000107515 |
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