Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill's Essay on Bentham' and selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin 2e
Published on 21. April 2008
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272 pages
978-0-470-77601-8 (ISBN)
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Including three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and political thought. * Contains Mill's most famous and influential works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as his important Essay on Bentham. * Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to be published in Mill's lifetime. * Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the two thinkers who most influenced Mill. * Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figure in 20th-century ethics in her own right. * Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism.
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"Anyone interested in the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill will be pleased to have the essential readings in one volume and grateful to Mary Warnock for her informative and insightful introduction." William H. Shaw, San Jose State University <!--end--> "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism "The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." John Stuart Mill, On LibertyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-77601-8 (9780470776018)
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John Stuart Mill | Mary Warnock
Utilitarianism and On Liberty
Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
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05/2008
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
€12.99
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Person
Mary Warnock was Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 until 1991. In 1985 she was created a Life Peer: Baroness Warnock of Weeke in the City of Winchester. Her publications include Ethics Since 1900 (1960), The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (1963), Existentialist Ethics (1966), Existentialism (1970), and An Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics (2000).
Content
Introduction by Mary Warnock. 1. Bentham. Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Chapter I-V). 2. Mill. Bentham (from Dissertations and Discussions, Volume I). On Liberty. Utilitarianism. 3. Austin. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Lecture II. Bibliography. Chronological Table. Index.