Routledge Revivals: The Greatest Happiness Principle (1986)
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Alan O. Ebenstein
Aristotle
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Bentham States
Bentham's Position
Bentham's Theory
Bible
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Chapter III
consequentialism
Deontologism
Determinism
Difference Principle
Diogenes
Epicurus
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ethical theory
Extensive Total System
Fair Equality
Follow
Free Will
free will determinism
Good Life
Greatest Happiness
Greatest Happiness Principle
Greatest Personal Happiness
Happiness
happiness as moral criterion
Happiness Principle
Held
Henry Sidgwick
High Quality Pleasures
Hoi Polloi
Jeremy Bentham
justice and utility
Large Family
Mill Stated
Mill's Theory
moral philosophy
Non-Consequentialism
Non-utilitarian Theory
Original Position
Plato
Rawls States
Summum Bonum
teleological ethics
Teleologism
Utilitarian Writers
Utilitarianism
Utility
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780815362340
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1991, The Greatest Happiness Principle traces the history of the theory of utility, starting with the Bible, and running through Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus. It goes on to discuss the utilitarian theories of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in detail, commenting on the latter’s view of the Christianity of his day and his optimal socialist society. The book argues that the key theory of utility is fundamentally concerned with happiness, stating that happiness has largely been left out of discussions of utility. It also goes on to argue that utility can be used as a moral theory, ultimately posing the question, what is happiness?
