02986nam 2200745 450 991081867480332120230912142847.01-281-99652-197866119965291-4426-8298-110.3138/9781442682986(CKB)2430000000001849(EBL)4672219(SSID)ssj0000312567(PQKBManifestationID)11211290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312567(PQKBWorkID)10331611(PQKB)11128991(CaBNvSL)thg00600936(DE-B1597)465080(OCoLC)944177171(OCoLC)999367496(DE-B1597)9781442682986(Au-PeEL)EBL4672219(CaPaEBR)ebr11257894(OCoLC)958572225(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/fc43gf(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418585(MiAaPQ)EBC4672219(OCoLC)815761863(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105498(MiAaPQ)EBC3255080(EXLCZ)99243000000000184920160914h20042004 uy 0engurun#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUtilitarianism 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 BraybrookeToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2004.©20041 online resource (ix, 212 pages)Toronto Studies in PhilosophyIncludes index.0-8020-4349-6 0-8020-8732-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Toronto studies in philosophy.UtilitarianismSocial policyElectronic books. Utilitarianism.Social policy.171.5Braybrooke David211672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818674803321Utilitarianism4107461UNINA