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Morality and Utility

Author : Jan Narveson
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421430924
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Morality and Utility written by Jan Narveson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967. In the past half-century, Utilitarianism has fallen out of favor among professional philosophers, except in such "amended" forms as "Ideal" and "Rule" Utilitarianism. Professor Narveson contends that amendments and qualifications are unnecessary and misguided, and that a careful interpretation and application of the original theory, as advocated by Bentham, the Mills, and Sidgwick, obviates any need for modification. Drawing on the analytical work of such influential recent thinkers as Stevenson, Toulmin, Hare, Nowell-Smith, and Baier, the author attempts to draw a more careful and detailed picture than has previously been offered of the logical status and workings of the Principle of Utility. He then turns to the traditional objections to the theory as developed by such respected thinkers as Ross, Frankena, Hart, and Rawls and attempts to show how Utilitarianism can account for our undoubted obligations in the areas of punishment, promising, distributive justice, and the other principal moral convictions of mankind. He contends that the Principle of Utility implies whatever is recognized to be clearly true in these convictions and that it leaves room to doubt whatever is doubtful in them. Narveson concludes with a rationally forceful proof of the Principle of Utility. In the course of this argument, which draws on the most widely accepted recent findings in analytical ethics, Narveson discovers an essential identity between the ethical outlooks of Kant and of Mill, which are traditionally held to be antithetical. Both thinkers, he shows, center on the principle that the interests of others are to be regarded as equal in value to one's own. A new view of Mill's celebrated "proof of utilitarianism" is developed in the course of the discussion.

Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War

Author : William H. Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135969132
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War written by William H. Shaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to arms is warranted, how are we permitted to fight the wars we wage? In addition, it deals with the challenge that realism and relativism raise for the ethical discussion of war, and with the duties of military personnel and the moral challenges they can face. In tackling these matters, the book covers a wide range of topics—from pacifism to armed humanitarian intervention, from the right of national defense to pre-emptive or preventive war, from civilian immunity to the tenets of just war theory and the moral underpinnings of the rules of war. But, what is distinctive about this book is that it provides a consistent and thorough-going utilitarian or consequentialist treatment of the fundamental normative issues that war occasions. Although it goes against the tide of recent work in the field, a utilitarian approach to the ethics of war illuminates old questions in new ways by showing how a concern for well-being and the consequences of our actions and policies shape the moral constraints to which states and other actors must adhere. This book will be of much interest to students of the ethics of war, just war theory, moral philosophy, war and conflict studies and IR.

Utilitarianism

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640234944
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism written by John Stuart Mill and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic from the year 2008 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 19th Century, - entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: First published in 1861. There are few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge, more unlike what might have been expected, or more significant of the backward state in which speculation on the most important subjects still lingers, than the little progress which has been made in the decision of the controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong. From the dawn of philosophy, the question concerning the summum bonum, or, what is the same thing, concerning the foundation of morality, has been accounted the main problem in speculative thought, has occupied the most gifted intellects, and divided them into sects and schools, carrying on a vigorous warfare against one another. And after more than two thousand years the same discussions continue, philosophers are still ranged under the same contending banners, and neither thinkers nor mankind at large seem nearer to being unanimous on the subject, than when the youth Socrates listened to the old Protagoras, and asserted (if Plato's dialogue be grounded on a real conversation) the theory of utilitarianism against the popular morality of the so-called sophist. ...]

Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights

Author : Richard B. Brandt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521415071
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights written by Richard B. Brandt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-06-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Brandt is one of the most eminent and influential of contemporary moral philosophers. His work has been concerned with how to justify what is good or right not by reliance on intuitions or theories about what moral words mean but by the explanation of moral psychology and the description of what it is to value something, or to think it immoral. His approach thus stands in marked contrast to the influential work of John Rawls. The essays reprinted in this collection span a period of almost 30 years and include many classic pieces in metaethical and normative ethical theory. The collection is aimed at both those moral philosophers familiar with Brandt's work and at those philosophers who may be largely unfamiliar with his work. The latter group will be struck by the lucid unpretentious style and the cumulative weight of Brandt's contributions to topics that remain at the forefront of moral philosophy.

Utilitarianism

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : London : Parker, Son and Bourn
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism written by John Stuart Mill and published by London : Parker, Son and Bourn. This book was released on 1863 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilitarianism, by British philosopher John Stuart Mill, is one of his most influential works and is a philosophical defense of utilitarian ethical theory. This publication remained a relevant publication since its original publication in the mid 19th century, as is still relevant in the application of utility in regard to social policy. This is an important work for those studying the concept of utilitarianism, or those who are interested in the writings of John Stuart Mill.

Morality Within the Limits of Reason

Author : Russell Hardin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226316203
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Morality Within the Limits of Reason written by Russell Hardin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative, lucidly written reconstruction of utilitarianism focuses on the practical constraints involved in ethical choice: information may be inadequate, and understanding of causes and effects may be limited. Good decision making may be especially constrained if other people are closely involved in determining an outcome. Hardin demonstrates that many of these structural issues can and should be distinguished from the thornier problems of utilitarian value theory, and he is able to show what kinds of moral conclusions we can reach within the limits of reason.

An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics

Author : Henry R. West
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521535410
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics written by Henry R. West and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Utilitarianism

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Coventry House Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism written by John Stuart Mill and published by Coventry House Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

This Is Ethical Theory

Author : Jan Narveson
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812699351
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book This Is Ethical Theory written by Jan Narveson and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical questions lie at the very heart of all philosophy, and no one is better equipped to untangle the many facets of ethical theory than respected thinker and professor Jan Narveson. Drawing from theoretical notions as well as everyday applications, Narveson simplifies these nuanced ideas for any beginning ethicist. Discussing theoretical elements ranging from intuitionism to naturalism, emotivism to metaethics, Narveson’s approach to this complex topic is one that any reader will find accessible.

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation written by Jeremy Bentham and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bentham's treatise on the foundations of law and government.

Utility, Progress, and Technology: Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies

Author : Schefczyk, Michael
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3731511088
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Utility, Progress, and Technology: Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies written by Schefczyk, Michael and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects selected papers delivered at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, which was held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in July 2018. It includes papers dealing with the past, present, and future of utilitarianism – the theory that human happiness is the fundamental moral value – as well as on its applications to animal ethics, population ethics, and the future of humanity, among other topics.

Utilitarianism and Beyond

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521287715
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism and Beyond written by Amartya Sen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-06-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice.

Utilitarianism

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Utilitarianism written by John Stuart Mill and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1864 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are continually informed that Utility is an uncertain standard, which every different person interprets differently, and that there is no safety but in the immutable, ineffaceable, and unmistakable dictates of justice, which carry their evidence in themselves, and are independent of the fluctuations of opinion. One would suppose from this that on questions of justice there could be no controversy; that if we take that for our rule, its application to any given case could leave us in as little doubt as a mathematical demonstration.

The Limits of Utilitarianism

Author : Harlan B. Miller
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452912448
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Utilitarianism written by Harlan B. Miller and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Limits of Utilitarianism was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Many philosophers have argued that utilitarianism is an unacceptable moral theory and that promoting the general welfare is at best only one of the legitimate goals of public policy. Utilitarian principles seem to place no limits on the extent to which society may legitimately interfere with a person's liberties - provided that such actions can be shown to promote the long-term welfare of its members. These issues have played a central role in discussions of utilitarianism since the time of Bentham and Mill. Despite criticisms, utilitarianism remains the most influential and widely accepted moral theory of recent times. In this volume contemporary philosophers address four aspects of utilitarianism: the principle of utility; utilitarianism vis-à-vis contractarianism; welfare; and voluntary cooperation and helping others. The editors provide an introduction and a comprehensive bibliography that covers all books and articles published in utilitarianism since 1930.

The Elimination of Morality

Author : Anne Maclean
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134866712
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Elimination of Morality written by Anne Maclean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Traditions of International Ethics

Author : Terry Nardin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521457576
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Traditions of International Ethics written by Terry Nardin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of how different ethical traditions deal with the central moral problems of international affairs. Using the organizing concept of a tradition, it shows that ethics offers many different languages for moral debate rather than a set of unified doctrines. Each chapter describes the central concepts, premises, vocabulary, and history of a particular tradition and explains how that tradition has dealt with a set of recurring ethical issues in international relations. Such issues include national self-determination, the use of force in armed intervention or nuclear deterrence, and global distributive justice.

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation written by Jeremy Bentham and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bentham's treatise on the foundations of law and government.