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Utilitarianism and Other Essays by John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham

Utilitarianism and Other Essays

By John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham
Introduction by Alan Ryan
Edited by Alan Ryan

By John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham
Introduction by Alan Ryan
Edited by Alan Ryan

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Aug 04, 1987 | ISBN 9780140432725

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About Utilitarianism and Other Essays

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number’. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the movement’s founder, as much a social reformer as a philosopher. His greatest interpreter, John Stuart Mill (1806-73), set out to humanize Bentham’s pragmatic Utilitarianism by balancing the claims of reason and the imagination, individuality and social well-being in essays such as ‘Bentham’, ‘Coleridge’ and, above all, Utilitarianism. The works by Bentham and Mill collected in this volume show the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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About John Stuart Mill

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About Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was educated at Westminster and Queen’s College, Oxford. He was called to the bar but found the… More about Jeremy Bentham

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Table Of Contents

Introduction
From An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham
From A System of Logic by J. S. Mill
“Bentham” by J. S. Mill
“Coleridge” by J. S. Mill
“Whewell on Moral Philosophy” by J. S. Mill
Utilitarianism by J. S. Mill
Further Reading
Index

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