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

• Autore: Braybrooke David
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages)
• Disciplina: 171.5
• Soggetto topico: Utilitarianism; Social policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Utilitarianism
• ISBN: 1-281-99652-1; 9786611996529; 1-4426-8298-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818674803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto studies in philosophy.