| Description |
155 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
An outline of a system of utilitarian ethics / J.J.C. Smart: -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism -- 3. Hedonistic and non-hedonistic utilitarianism -- 4. Average happiness versus total happiness -- 5. Negative utilitarianism -- 6. Rightness and wrongness of actions -- 7. The place of rules in act-utilitarianism -- 8. Simple application of game-theory technique -- 9. Utilitarianism and the future -- 10. Utilitarianism and justice -- A critique of utilitarianism / Bernard Williams: -- I. Introductory -- 2. The structure of consequentialism -- 3. Negative responsibility : and two examples -- 4. Two kinds of remoter effect -- 5. Integrity -- 6. The indirect pursuit of utility -- 7. Social choice |
| Summary |
This title consists of two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book, Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism |
| Analysis |
Utilitarian ethics |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. [151]-155 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) |
| Performer |
ISBN 0 521 09822 x Pbk: ℗Đ0.80 |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Utilitarianism.
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| Author |
Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003.
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| LC no. |
73080487 |
| ISBN |
052109822X (paperback) |
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0521202973 |
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9780521098229 (paperback) |
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9780521202978 |
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