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Autore |
Liu Shuyang |
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Titolo |
The Contemporary Evolution and Reform of Utilitarianism / / by Shuyang Liu |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Collana |
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Interests Politics Series, , 2731-5959 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political ethics |
Political science - Philosophy |
Political science |
Political Ethics |
Political Philosophy |
Political Theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Source of Contemporary Utilitarianism -- Chapter 3 Basic Schools of Contemporary Utilitarianism -- Chapter 4 The Theoretical Evolution of Utilitarianism -- Chapter 5 The Basic Trajectory of Theoretical Evolution: Balancing the Individual and the Community -- Chapter 6 Development of Contemporary Utilitarianism -- Chapter 7 The Evaluation of the Utilitarianism Evolution -- Conclusion -- References -- Afterword. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is a monograph on contemporary utilitarianism, focusing on its evolving path and logic. It describes the evolution of utilitarianism from the classical model to the contemporary model and then summarizes the characteristics of contemporary utilitarianism, revealing its advantages and disadvantages. This book points out that the best characteristic of contemporary utilitarianism is to give up traditional view of individualism and take balanced attitude to the relationship between individual and community. The change makes the goal of contemporary utilitarianism from the pursuit of maximizing the sum of individual utilities to optimal social utility. Therefore, the |
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