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ISBN:
9780511611964
Content:
A volume of studies of utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice. All but two of the papers have been commissioned especially for the volume, and between them they represent not only a wide range of arguments for and against utilitarianism but also a first-class selection of the most interesting and influential work in this very active area. There is also a substantial introduction by the two editors. The volume will constitute an important stimulus and point of reference for a wide range of philosophers, economists and social theorists
Content:
Ethical theory and utilitarianism / R.M. Hare -- Morality and the theory of rational behaviour / John C. Hasrsanyi -- The economic uses of utilitarianism / J.A. Mirrlees -- Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information / Peter J. Hammond -- Contractualism and utilitarianism / T.M. Scanlon -- The diversity of goods / Charles Taylor -- Morality and convention / Stuart Hampshire -- Social unity and primary goods / John Rawls -- On some difficulties of the utilitarian economist / Frank Hahn -- Utilitarianism, information and rights / Partha Dasupta -- Sour grapes-- utilitarianism and the genesis of want / Jon Elster -- Liberty and welfare / Isaac Levi -- Under which descriptions? / Frederic Schick -- What's the use of going to school? / Amy Gutmann
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521242967
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521287715
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521242967
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511611964
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Author information:
Sen, Amartya 1933-
Author information:
Williams, Bernard 1929-2003
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