Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Author: John Stuart Mill
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0140432728

Utilitarianism and Other Essays

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Get Utilitarianism and Other Essays literature books for free.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement's founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher. His greatest interpreter, John Stuart Mill (1806-73), set out to humanize Bentham's pragmatic Utilitarianism by balancing the claims of reason and the imagination, individuality and social well-being in essays such as 'Bentham', 'Coleridge' and, above all, Utilitarianism. The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that Check Utilitarianism and Other Essays our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement's founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that

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