Utilitarianism, On liberty, Essay on Bentham. Together with selected writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
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Utilitarianism, On liberty, Essay on Bentham. Together with selected writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Utilitarianism
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
The Fontana philosophy series
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On liberty, Essay on Bentham. Together with selected writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
Summary
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, which first appeared in three installments of Fraser's Magazine in 1861, was intended as a defense of the notorious doctrine identified with the liberal reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and with the author's father, James Mill (1773-1836). The defense was successful. While "the principle of utility, or as Bentham has latterly called it, the greatest happiness principle," may have scandalized Victorian England, Mill's Utilitarianism became one of the defining documents of modern British and American liberalism. It is impossible to appreciate contemporary social and political life without coming to grips with utilitarianism
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