Utilitarianism and beyond

by SEN, Amartya Kumar Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen

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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 st…

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

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Publication Date:1982.

Publication Statements

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

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Description:1 online resource (vii, 290 pages)

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ISBN:0511003269, 9780511003264, 9780521287715, 0521287715, 9780521242967, 0521242967, 9780511611964, 051161196X
oclc:ocm47010938
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.