Title Utilitarianism : restorations ; repairs ; renovations : variations on Bentham's master-idea, that disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected / David Braybrooke

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) Series Toronto studies in philosophy Toronto studies in philosophy. Contents Restorations and repairs that leave utility and the calculus in place -- A renovation that, accommodating utility still, replaces the calculus with the census-notion -- A renovation that makes provision for needs prior to concern with utility Summary "In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - dispels the discredit that standard versions of utilitarianism have invited."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Bentham, Jeremy. swd Subject Utilitarianism. utilitarianism. PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism Utilitarismus Ethik Utilitarisme. Bonheur. Utilitarisme. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442682986 1442682981

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