Utilitarianism and beyond

by Sen, Amartya Williams, Bernard

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Utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice.

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Full title :Utilitarianism and beyond / edited by Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams.

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Utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1982

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1982

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Description:vii, 290 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521242967, 9780521242967, 0521287715, 9780521287715
oclc:ocm07978030
LC Classification:B843
Dewey Decimal:171/.5

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.