Utilitarianism (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) e-bog
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John Stuart Mills Utilitarianism, which first appeared in three installments of Frasers Magazine in 1861, was intended as a defense of the notorious doctrine identified with the liberal reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and with the authors father, James Mill (1773-1836). The defense was successful. While "e;the principle of utility, or as Bentham has latterly called it, the greatest happ...
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30,36 DKK
Forlag
Barnes & Noble
Udgivet
1 september 2009
Længde
96 sider
Genrer
HPX
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781411428522
John Stuart Mills Utilitarianism, which first appeared in three installments of Frasers Magazine in 1861, was intended as a defense of the notorious doctrine identified with the liberal reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and with the authors father, James Mill (1773-1836). The defense was successful. While "e;the principle of utility, or as Bentham has latterly called it, the greatest happiness principle,"e; may have scandalized Victorian England, Mills Utilitarianism became one of the defining documents of modern British and American liberalism. It is impossible to appreciate contemporary social and political life without coming to grips with utilitarianism.