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• Author(s): Niall O'Flaherty • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThis is the first book-length study of one of the most influential traditions in eighteen...

• Author(s): Alain Caillé • Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press • Publisher Imprint: Prickly Paradigm Press • BISAC: GeneralIn his classic essay The Gift, Marcel Mauss argued that gifts can never be truly free; rather, they bring about an expectati...

• Author(s): Pyle Andrew • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: GeneralThis archive of source materials from Victorian periodicals provides insight into the evolving moral and political though...

• Author(s): Leslie Stephen • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Movements - HumanismLeslie Stephen (1832-1904), author, literary critic, social commentator and the first editor of the D...

• Author(s): Amartya Sen • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyA volume of studies of utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a th...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Tredition Classics • Publisher Imprint: Tredition Classics • BISAC: GeneralThis book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven ...

• Author(s): Leslie Stephen • Publisher: University Press of the Pacific • Publisher Imprint: University Press of the Pacific • BISAC: Movements - HumanismThe Utilitarians, Stephen argues, were social reformers first and philosophers second, if a...

• Author(s): J. J. C. Smart • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Movements - HumanismFrom the Back CoverIn the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated...

• Author(s): Matti Hayry • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyLiberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics explores the foundations of early utilitarianism and, at the same time, the ...

• Author(s): Christopher Woodard • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyUtilitarianism is the idea that ethics is ultimately about what makes people's lives go better. While utilitari...

• Author(s): Robin Barrow • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyIn this book, first published in 1991, the author Dr Robin Barrow adopts the view that utilitarianism is the most coh...

• Author(s): Donald H. Regan • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyThe author identifies and defines the features of traditional utilitarian theories whic...

• Author(s): Ben Eggleston • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyUtilitarianism, the approach to ethics based on the maximization of overall well-being, conti...

• Author(s): Bart Schultz • Publisher: Princeton University Press • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press • BISAC: Movements - UtilitarianismFrom the Back Cover"The Happiness Philosophers is a remarkable achievement. Bart Schultz uses his...

• Author(s): Leslie Stephen • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: GeneralThis classic work of intellectual history provides a comprehensive overview of the utilitarian school of philosophy, which exert...

• Author(s): Roger Crisp • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyThis book introduces and assesses Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism and its continuing importance to philosophical...

• Author(s): Charles Tennant • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: General""Utilitarianism Explained And Exemplified In Moral And Political Government"" is a book written by Charles Tennant that delv...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Digireads.com • Publisher Imprint: Digireads.com • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyThe philosophy of utilitarianism can trace its origins back thousands of years to the ancient Chinese philosophy of ...

• Author(s): Leslie Stephen • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Movements - HumanismLeslie Stephen (1832-1904), author, literary critic, social commentator and the first editor of the D...

• Author(s): Ben Bramble • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyUtilitarianism directs us to act in ways that impartially maximize welfare or utility or at l...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: GeneralUtilitarianism is an ethical theory which states that the best action is the o...

• Author(s): Pons Malleus • Publisher: Pons Malleus • Publisher Imprint: Pons Malleus • BISAC: Movements - Utilitarianism

• Author(s): Callum Barrell • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThis first comprehensive account of the utilitarians' historical thought intellectually res...

• Author(s): Henry R. West • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyIn Mill's 'Utilitarianism': A Reader's Guide, Henry R. West offers a clear, thorough and detailed review of the key themes and ...

• Author(s): Anthony Quinton • Publisher: Open Court • Publisher Imprint: Open Court • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyAnthony Quinton's concise study of utilitarianism, which has been long been unavailable, is generally acknowledged as the b...

• Author(s): David Lyons | Elizabeth S. Anderson | F. R. Berger • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralJohn Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism co...

• Author(s): James Wood Bailey • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Movements - UtilitarianismThis compelling book advances utilitarianism as the basis for a viable public philosophy, effectiv...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Reprint Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Reprint Publishing • BISAC: Non-ClassifiableComplete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1863 with excellent resolution and outstandi...

• Author(s): Pons Malleus • Publisher: Pons Malleus • Publisher Imprint: Pons Malleus • BISAC: Movements - UtilitarianismThroughout the history of human thought, few philosophical doctrines have stirred as much debate, inspired as much reform, or...

• Author(s): David Lyons | Elizabeth S. Anderson | F. R. Berger • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralJohn Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism co...

• Author(s): James E. Crimmins • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyJeremy Bentham coined the term 'utilitarian' in 1781, but the idea of 'utility' as a value, goal or pri...

• Author(s): Charles Tennant • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyUtilitarianism Explained And Exemplified In Moral And Political Government is a book written by Charles...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Revive Classics • Publisher Imprint: Revive Classics • BISAC: Ethics & Moral Philosophy Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket In this philosophical exploration, readers are invited to co...

• Author(s): Leslie Stephen • Publisher: University Press of the Pacific • Publisher Imprint: University Press of the Pacific • BISAC: Movements - HumanismThe Utilitarians, Stephen argues, were social reformers first and philosophers second, if a...

• Author(s): Louis Lyons | David Lyons • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

• Author(s): Jeremy Bentham • Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc • Publisher Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, IncThis volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selec...