Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Bentham, Jeremy/ Mill, John Stuart/ Ryan, Alan (EDT)

Penguin Classics（1987/03発売）

Penguin Classics（1987/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 352 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780140432725
• DDC分類 171.5

Full Description

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'. 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 has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.

Contents

Introduction
From An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham
From A System of Logic by J. S. Mill
"Bentham" by J. S. Mill
"Coleridge" by J. S. Mill
"Whewell on Moral Philosophy" by J. S. Mill
Utilitarianism by J. S. Mill
Further Reading
Index