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Autore |
Braybrooke David |
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Titolo |
Utilitarianism : restorations, repairs, renovations : variations on Bentham's master-idea, that disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected / / David Braybrooke |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004 |
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©2004 |
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1-281-99652-1 |
9786611996529 |
1-4426-8298-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Utilitarianism |
Social policy |
Electronic books. |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Restorations and repairs that leave utility and the calculus in place -- A renovation that, accommodating utility still, replaces the calculus with the census-notion -- A renovation that makes provision for needs prior to concern with utility. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - dispels the discredit that standard versions of utilitarianism have invited."--Jacket. |
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