Mill's Principle of Utility: Origins, Proof, and Implications

Revised and Enlarged Edition
2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50387-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 366, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 801 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy, Literature, and Politics

Mill’s Principle of Utility: Origins, Proof, and Implications is a defense of John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism with a particular emphasis on his proof of the principle of utility. Supplemented by a comprehensive historical background as well as salient philosophical assumptions and implications, its primary contribution is an analysis, interpretation, and defense of the controversial proof, which has yet to attract a scholarly consensus on how it works and whether it succeeds. The overarching aim of the book is the vindication of Mill’s reasoning in the proof and the restoration of his reputation as one of the clearest thinkers of his time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fikri Alican, Necip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Necip Fikri Alican, Ph.D. (1994), Washington University in St. Louis, specializes in ethics and metaphysics. His recent publications include One over Many: The Unitary Pluralism of Plato’s World (2021) and Quine on Ethics: The Gavagai of Moral Discourse (2021).