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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 171.5 EAN: 9780872206052 Edition: 2 ISBN: 087220605X Label: Hackett Publishing Company Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 71 Publication Date: 2002-06 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Studio: Hackett Publishing Company Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Some Fundamental Problems with Mill's UtilitarianismThe importance of J.S. Mill's Utilitarianism as a statement of the fundamental tenets of his school is indisputable. Equally unquestionable is the great influence utilitarianism has exerted upon the development of Anglo-American moral philosophy. These facts underscore the necessity of carefully considering whether utilitarianism, as articulated by Mill, offers a sensible or persuasive account of morality. In utilitarianism, "utility" is synonymous with "happiness"; both denote "pleasure ... Read More Rating:  - Few intensive pages about the meaning of right and wrongIf someone would like to know what Utilitarianism is, this is the book. But if someone thinks to find in the Utilitarianism a moral standard to follow, this is just one of the books. According to the Mill' theory, we should always act in a manner that will maximize overal happines and in this essay John Stuart Mill wrote which are the effects of each possible action we may perform. The Speech on Capital Punishment tells one of this possible action. Rating:  - Short and importantThe foundation of consequentialist ethical theory, John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is a must read for anybody who wants to understand ethical theory. While we may debate what makes action right or wrong, Mill's take is one that must be acknowledged. Rating: - Happiness is..."The Public Good."One of the Classical School economists explains and defends a system of ethics that counted among its adherents Ludwig von Mises, one of the great Austrian School economists and philosophers. Utilitarianism, in John Stuart Mill's day and our own, periodically comes under attack from the spokesmen of organized religion. But Mill holds that his philosophy is completely compatible with religious morals. Mill even writes that the founder of Christianity was a utilitarian. Makes sense when we realize that ... Read More Rating: - Utilitarian philosophy explainedI read this book for a graduate Mill seminar in Philosophy. Recommended reading for anyone interested in philosophy, political science, and history. John Stuart Mill, 1806-73, worked for the East India Co. helped run Colonial India from England. Minister of Parliament 1865-68 he served one term. Mill develops a theory of morality in Utilitarianism. He argues against the group of people who think that morality is intuitive. Intuitionists think that God put morality in us, thus, ... Read More 
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