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Description of the Book: Utilitarianism and Other Essays
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One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement's founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher. His greatest interpreter, John Stuart Mill (1806-73), set out to humanize Bentham's pragmatic Utilitarianism by balancing the claims of reason and the imagination, individuality and social well-being in essays such as 'Bentham', 'Coleridge' and, above all, Utilitarianism. The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.
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Details of the Book: Utilitarianism and Other EssaysAuthor: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham Number Of Pages: 352 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0415290015 ISBN-13: 9780140432725 Language: English Amazon Sales Rank: 325876 Publication Date: 1987 Publisher: Penguin Classics Package Dimensions: 0.94 x 7.56 x 5.04 inches |
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