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EDITION:2nd Edition
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ISBN:087220605X
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ISBN-13:9780872206052
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eISBN:9781603842327
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PUB. DATE:June 2002
- PUBLISHER:Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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Utilitarianism / Edition 2 by John Stuart Mill, George (Ed.) Sher, George Sher (Editor)
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Rational.by John-Michael-Rea
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Quite simply put, Utilitarianism looks at ethics from an objective, rational standpoint. It ounlines the goal of morality, then shows how its principle best achieves that goal. Brilliant.
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I particularly enjoy the speech that Mill gave in 1868 on capital punishment. He explains why we should allow capital punishment to be use in cases of where the crime has resulted in a life being taken as oppose to the cases where the crime is against personal property. But to confine an individual to a life sentence and have that individual go through life with the possible guilt of the crime that...
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Utilitarianism
Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2002
- Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
- Sales Rank: 66,040
- Series: Classics Series
- ISBN-13: 9780872206052
- ISBN: 087220605X
- Edition Description: REVISED
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A landmark of moral philosophy and an ideal introduction to ethics, this famous work balances the claims of individuals and society, declaring that all actions should produce the greatest happiness overall. It remains as relevant today as it was to intellectual and moral dilemmas of the 19th century.
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<:st>A major contribution in the history of ethics, Mill's brief treatise on utilitarianism lays the theoretical foundation for this branch of philosophy and outlines its relationship to other ethical systems, the arguments in its favor, and its implications for concerns about justice. The appendix contains the text of Mill's 1868 speech on capital punishment. A introductory chapter describes Mill's place in the history of philosophy and his contribution to the study of ethics. Cited in There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Colin Heydt is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Rethinking Mill's Ethics: Character and Aesthetic Education (Continuum, 2006).
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