LEADER 05160oam 2200781I 450 001 9910450262003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-59910-2 010 $a1-280-11278-6 010 $a0-203-98735-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203987353 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248580 035 $a(EBL)240446 035 $a(OCoLC)299570355 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132616 035 $a(PQKB)10093026 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001143432 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12482437 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143432 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11110583 035 $a(PQKB)11602325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240446 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240446 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10101142 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL11278 035 $a(OCoLC)252961870 035 $a(OCoLC)252961870 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248580 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClassical utilitarianism from Hume to Mill /$fFrederick Rosen 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in ethics and moral theory ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-40846-6 311 $a0-415-22094-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-279) and index. 327 $aCover; CLASSICAL UTILITARIANISM FROM HUME TO MILL; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; The aims of the book; Some notes for moral philosophers; A briefer note for political and legal theorists; PART I; 2 Utility and justice: Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition; Epicurus and ancient Epicureanism; Gassendi and modern Epicureanism; Gassendi's influence; Epicureanism in Grotius and Pufendorf; 3 Reading Hume backwards: Utility as the foundation of morals; Utility in the Enquiry and Treatise; The foundational role of utility 327 $aBenevolence, justice and utilityUtility and morality; Enquiry versus Treatise; Hume and Bentham; 4 The idea of utility in Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Utility and justice; Smith and Hume on justice; Smith on utility: illusion and reality; Smith, Hume, and philosophical systems; Smith and Bentham; 5 Helve?tius, the Scottish Enlightenment, and Bentham's idea of utility; Hume, Smith, and Helve?tius; The role of the legislator; Utility and virtue; Helve?tius and Bentham; De l'homme; Conclusion; 6 The idea of utility in Smith's Wealth of Nations; The 'invisible hand' 327 $aUnintended consequences and the division of labourLiberty; Labour, liberty, and the progressive state; 7 Bentham and Smith on liberty; The opposition to Bentham; Defence of Usury and Bentham's other writings; Bentham's critique of Smith; Bentham's title; 8 William Paley as a utilitarian; Utility; Liberty; Conclusion; 9 Liberty, utility, and the reform of the criminal law; Liberty and the criminal law; Crime and punishment in Beccaria; Bentham's theory of proportion; The debate over the death penalty; Transportation and imprisonment; Enlightenment and reform; 10 J.S. Mill's hedonism 327 $aMill and CarlyleThe Epicurean tradition; Quantity and quality; Socrates dissatisfied; 11 J.S. Mill on justice and liberty; Justice and utility; Justice and liberty; Liberty and the fragility of truth; PART II; 12 Punishment of the innocent; The idealist background; The post-utilitarian paradigm; The rejection of utilitarianism; 13 Individual sacrifice and the greatest happiness; Bentham's ultimate principle; The status of pleasure and pain; Secondary principles and rights; Maximize and minimize; Equality and rights in Bentham and Mill; 14 The tyranny of the majority 327 $aMajorities and minorities in practiceInterests, security, and equality; Popular sovereignty and majority rule; Democratic despotism; Tyranny of the majority; 15 Negative liberty; Negative liberty in Hobbes and Bentham; Bentham and Berlin on civil and political liberty; Liberty and democracy; Negative liberty worth fighting for; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians from Hume to J.S. Mill. Discussion of utility in writers such as Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham is included. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in ethics and moral theory ;$v2. 606 $aUtilitarianism 606 $aJustice (Philosophy) 606 $aLiberty 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUtilitarianism. 615 0$aJustice (Philosophy) 615 0$aLiberty. 676 $a171/.5 700 $aRosen$b F.$0950499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450262003321 996 $aClassical utilitarianism from Hume to Mill$92149080 997 $aUNINA