Utilitarianism: For and Against - Hardcover

Smart, J. J. C.; Williams, Bernard

 
9780521202978: Utilitarianism: For and Against
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521202973 ISBN 13: 9780521202978
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1973

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Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams.

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Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the doctrine that the rightness and wrongness of actions is determined solely by their consequences, and in particular their consequences for the sum total of human happiness. In Part II Bernard Williams offers a sustained and vigorous critique of utilitarian assumptions, arguments and ideals. He finds inadequate the theory of action implied by utilitarianism, and he argues that utilitarianism fails to engage at a serious level with the real problems of moral and political philosophy, and fails to make sense of notions such as integrity, or even human happiness itself. This book should be of interest to welfare economists, political scientists and decision-theorists.

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Book by Smart J J C Williams Bernard

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1973
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0521202973
ISBN 13 
9780521202978
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
157
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