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Autore |
Scarre Geoffrey |
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Titolo |
Utilitarianism / / Geoffrey Scarre |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routlege, , 1996 |
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1-85278-097-5 |
1-134-82792-X |
0-203-21376-9 |
0-203-29228-6 |
1-280-18722-0 |
1-134-82793-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethics |
Utilitarianism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-221) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Character of the Theory; Four Ancient Moralists; Jesus; Aristotle; Epicurus; Utilitarianism and Enlightenment; Chastellux and Helvetius; Hutcheson; Hume; Priestley and Paley; Godwin; Bentham; John Stuart Mill; James Mill; The importance of character; Higher and lower pleasures; The 'proof of utility'; Utility and justice; Some Later Developments; Ideal Utilitarianism: Moore and Rashdall; Rule-utilitarianism; Happiness and Other Ends; Dominant-and inclusive-end conceptions of happiness; Problems about multiple ends |
Two contrasting responsesMaximisation, Fairness and Respect for Persons; Panem et circenses; 'Whoever debases others is debasing himself'; But should the consequences count?; Limitations of the self-respect argument; Archangels, proles and the natural man; Utilitarianism and Personality; The hard line: utilitarians should be |
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