Utilitarianism

Mill, John Stuart, Jeremy Bentham and John Austin

ISBN 10: 0006860222 / ISBN 13: 9780006860228

Verlag: Fontana,, London, 1962

Beschreibung

Paperback. 352pp. Includes: On liberty, and Essay on Bentham, by John Stuart Mill, together with selected writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin; edited with an introduction by Mary Warnock. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, labels and numbers etc. Permanent plastic to covers has a few marks to back. Binding is sound. Good, sound, ex-library copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12596

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Utilitarianism
• Verlag: Fontana,, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1962
• ISBN-10: 0006860222
• ISBN-13: 9780006860228
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Good, sound, ex-library copy

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Utilitarianism was not only a major school of philosophical thought, but a powerful reforming influence on government and legislation in the nineteenth century and after. The father of the school, Jeremy Bentham, was a most effective exponent of Utilitarian ideas, particularly in the field of politics and law; but his disciple John Stuart Mill gave, partly by way of criticism of Bentham, the most subtle and comprehensive statement of Utilitarian thought, which particularly in moral philosophy, is still vigorously alive.
Although his position as set out in 'Utilitarianism' is often violently attacked, for many the validity of Mill's thought remains unrefuted.