Geoffrey Scarre

Utilitarianism (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Surveying the historical development and present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre concludes that whilst utilitarianism may not be a faultless moral doctrine, its positions are relevant and remain significant today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000158823
• Artikelnr.: 60149764

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Scarre is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham. He is the author of Logic and Reality in the Philosophy of John Stuart Mill and the editor of Children. Parents and Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
I Introduction: The Character of the Theory
II Four Ancient Moralists
1 MoTzu
2 Jesus
3 Aristotle
4 Epir:urus
III Utilitarianism and Enlightenment
I Chastellux and Helvetius
2 Hutcheson
3 Hume
4 Priestley and Paley
5 Godwin
6 Bentham
IV John Stuart Mill
I 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
I Intuitional utilitarianism: Sidgwick
2 Ideal Utilitarianism: Moore and Rashdall
3 Rule
utilitarianism
VI Happiness and Other Ends
I 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
I 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
VIII Utilitarianism and Personality
I 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.