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Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Categorie	Filosofie
Boeknummer	#349432-VF43
Titel	Utilitarianism and Other Essays
Auteur	Mill, John Stuart & Jeremy Bentham
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave	1987
ISBN10	0140432728
ISBN13	9780140432725
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, edited by Alan Ryan, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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 philos... (Lees verder)ophy and legislative policy.
Pagina's	344
Conditie	Goed — Browned.
Prijs	€ 6,00

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