Classical utilitarianism from Hume to Mill
- ISBN: 9780415220941
- Editorial: Routledge
- Fecha de la edición: 2003
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Colección: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 289
- Idiomas: Inglés
This 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 are considered. INDICE 1. Introduction Part I 2. Utility and Justice: Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition 3. Reading Hume Backwards: Utility as the Foundation of Morals 4. The Idea of Utility in Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments 5. Helvetius, the Scottish Enlightenment, and Bentham's Idea of Utility 6. The Idea of Utility in Smith's Wealth of Nations 7. Bentham and Smith on Liberty 8. William Paley as a Utilitarian 9. Liberty, Utility, and the Reform of the Criminal Law 10. J.S. Mill's Hedonism 11. J.S. Mill on Justice and Liberty Part II 12. Punishment of the Innocent 13. Individual Sacrifice and the Greatest Happiness 14. The Tyranny of the Majority 15. Negative Liberty
