Utilitarianism,9780198751632

Utilitarianism

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ISBN13: 9780198751632
ISBN10: 019875163X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-05-28
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Mill's Utilitarianism is one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy ever written. Mill defends the view that all human action should produce the greatest happiness overall, and that happiness itself is to be understood as consisting in "higher" and "lower" pleasures. This volume uses the 1871 edition of the text, the last to be published in Mill's lifetime.

Table of Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL 3(44)
How to Use this Book 3(1)
A Note on References and Abbreviations 4(1)
Editor's Introduction 5(1)
1. What Questions is Mill Trying to Answer?
5(1)
2. What are the Alternatives to Utilitarianism?
6(2)
3. John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism
8(1)
4. Happiness
9(4)
5. Forms of Utilitarianism
13(5)
6. Levels of Moral Thinking
18(4)
7. Moral Epistemology and the Proof of Utilitarianism
22(4)
8. Moral Motivation
26(2)
9. The Separateness of Persons: Integrity and Justice
28(5)
Further Reading
33(3)
Analysis of Utilitarianism
36(8)
The Text Printed in this Edition
44(3)
PART 2: THE TEXT 47(64)
Utilitarianism 47(2)
1. General Remarks
49(5)
2. What Utilitarianism Is
54(19)
3. Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility
73(8)
4. Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible
81(6)
5. On the Connexion between Justice and Utility
87(24)
PART 3: NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND INDEX 111
Notes to Utilitarianism 111(40)
Bibliography 151(4)
Index 155

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