Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill
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Expletory Justice
Follow
Good Life
Greatest Happiness Principle
Grotius
hedonism
history of utilitarian thought
Impartial Spectator
imperfect
Imperfect Rights
justice
liberty and justice
Mill's Hedonism
Modern Commercial Society
moral philosophy
Philosophical Commonplace
Plato's Protagoras
Pleasure Pain Dimension
political theory
Poor Man's Son
principle
Public Opinion Tribunal
Representative Democracy
Scottish Enlightenment
Secondary Principles
Smith II
Theological Utilitarians
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Traditional Utilitarianism
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Utility Principle
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- ISBN 9780415220941
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jul 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 is included.
Frederick Rosen is Professor of the History of Political Thought at University College London. He has served as General Editor of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, Director of the Jeremy Bentham Project, and Director of the Centre for Politics, Law and Society at UCL. Among his books are Jeremy Bentham and Representative Democracy(1983) and Bentham, Byron and Greece: Constitutionalism, Nationalism, and Early Liberal Political Thought (1992). He has co-edited several books, was the founding editor of Utilitas, and has contributed numerous articles to various learned journals.
