Author: C. L. Sheng
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: utilitarianism, defense
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2004-06-15
List price: $46.00
ISBN-10: 0761827315
ISBN-13: 9780761827313

In Defense of Utilitarianism, C.L. Sheng provides a more intensive study of the Unified Utilitarian Theory (UUT), which he proposed in his previous work A New Approach to Utilitarianism (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991). Sheng defends utilitarianism, particularly UUT, against the objections and attacks raised by nonutilitarians, showing it to be a viable ethical theory.

Author: Torbjörn Tännsjö
Publisher: Edinburgh University Pre
Keywords: utilitarianism, hedonistic
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1998-04-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0748610421
ISBN-13: 9780748610426

This volume presents a comprehensive statement in defense of the doctrine known as classical, hedonistic, utilitarianism. It is presented as a viable alternative in the search for a moral theory and the claim is defended that we need such a theory. Torbjörn Tännsjö challenges the assumption that hedonistic utilitarianism is at variance with common sense morality particularly as viewed through the perspective of the modern feminist moral critique.

Author: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
Keywords: utilitarianism
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 2007-06-20
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1595478957
ISBN-13: 9781595478955

THERE ARE few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge, more unlike what might have been expected, or more significant of the backward state in which speculation on the most important subjects still lingers, than the little progress which has been made in the decision of the controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong. From the dawn of philosophy, the question concerning the summum bonum, or, what is the same thing, concerning the foundation of morality, has been accounted the main problem in speculative thought, has occupied the most gifted

Authors:Smart J. J. C., Williams Bernard,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: utilitarianism
Number of Pages: 155
Published: 1973-01-01
List price: $33.99
ISBN-10: 052109822X
ISBN-13: 9780521098229

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; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the doctrine that the rightness and wrongness of actions is determined solely by their consequences, and in particular their consequences for the sum total of human happiness. This is a revised version of Professor Smart’s famous essay ’an outline of a system of utilitarian ethics’, first

Author: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Keywords: utilitarianism
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1425008739
ISBN-13: 9781425008734

ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you. Utilitarianism, the best known branch of consequentialist ethics, was popularized by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book maintains that ethics primarily depend on the consequen

Author: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: Filiquarian
Keywords: utilitarianism
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 2007-11-07
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 1599867648
ISBN-13: 9781599867649

Utilitarianism, by British philosopher John Stuart Mill, is one of his most influential works and is a philosophical defense of utilitarian ethical theory. This publication remained a relevant publication since its original publication in the mid 19th century, as is still relevant in the application of utility in regard to social policy. This is an important work for those studying the concept of utilitarianism, or those who are interested in the writings of John Stuart Mill.

Authors:Amartya Sen, Bernard Williams,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: utilitarianism
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1982-07-30
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0521287715
ISBN-13: 9780521287715

A volume of studies of utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice. All but two of the papers have been commissioned especially for the volume, and between them they represent not only a wide range of arguments for and against utilitarianism but also a first-class selection of the most interesting and influential work in this very active area. There is also a substantial introduction by the two editors. The volume will constitute an important stimulus and point of reference for a wide range of philosophers, economists and social theorists.