1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458783703321

Autore

Schofield Philip <1958->

Titolo

Bentham [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / Philip Schofield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009

ISBN

1-282-87107-2

9786612871078

1-4411-0605-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Continuum guides for the perplexed

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Who was Jeremy Bentham? -- Which Bentham? -- The principle of utility -- Panopticon -- Political fallacies -- Religion and sex -- Torture.

Sommario/riassunto

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), utilitarian philosopher and reformer, is a key figure in our intellectual heritage, and a far more subtle, sophisticated, and profound thinker than his popular reputation suggests. Bentham: A Guide for the Perplexed presents a clear account of his life and thought, and highlights his relevance to contemporary debates in philosophy, politics, and law. Key concepts and themes, including Bentham's theory of logic and language, his utilitarianism, his legal theory, his panopticon prison , and his democratic politics, together with his views on religion, sex, and torture



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963117203321

Autore

Cole Ken

Titolo

Economy-environment-development-knowledge / / Ken Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-71592-7

1-280-33426-6

0-203-17018-0

1-134-71593-5

0-203-01512-6

9786610334261

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Environmental economics

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: what can we know about the world?; The scientific parameters of social existence; Economy; The economy; The consumer as economic dynamic: the subjective preference theory of value; The producer as economic dynamic: the cost-of-production theory of value; The citizen as economic dynamic: the abstract labour theory of value; Environment; Environment; The environment as a source of pleasure: egocentrism; The environment as a productive resource: ecocentrism; The environment and social evolution: sociocentrism; Development; Development

Development as the fulfilment of individuals' potentials: modernizationDevelopment as fulfilling the technical potentials of cooperation: structuralism; Development as the fulfilment of people's social potentials: class struggle; Knowledge; Knowledge; What? Identifying events: positivism; How? Explaining systems: paradigms; Why? Understanding processes: praxis; Intellectual panorama, ideological vision, and political view; Epilogue: what do we know about the world?; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

As we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change.  Orthodox explanations of the economy, the environment and the development process are unable to provide coherent policies for such issues as employment creation, environmental degradation and social progress.Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge provides alternative perspectives on these fundamental aspects of human existence.  Economists, environmentalists, and development theorists have so far been unable to agree on the most successful prescriptions to address problems.  T