Utilitarianism
A Contemporary Statement
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 2015
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-1-138-92579-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, first published in 1991, the author Dr Robin Barrow adopts the view that utilitarianism is the most coherent and persuasive ethical theory we have and argues in favour of a specific form of rule-utilitarianism. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-92579-3 (9781138925793)
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Person
Robin Barrow
Content
1. What Lies Ahead? 2. What is an Ethical Theory and of What Kind of Proof is it Susceptible? 3. What is Utilitarianism? 4. What is Happiness? 5. Is Utilitarianism Necessarily Conservative? 6. Rule- or Act-Utilitarianism? 7. Quantity of Quality of Happiness? 8. Does the Utilitarian Recognize Other Values Besides Happiness? 9. Will the Utilitarian Accept Scapegoats and Will he Perform Acts of Supererogation? 10. Does Utilitarianism Offer an Impoverished Conception of Morality?; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index