A history of utilitarian ethics studies in private motivation and distributive justice, 1700-1875

"In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a 'moral sense' can actually be considered compatible with utilitarianism. The book also explores the link between utilitarianism and dis...

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1. Verfasser: Hollander, Samuel 1937- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in the history of economics 223
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • John Locke, utilitarian ethics and the moral sense
  • Lord Shaftesbury, utilitarian ethics and the moral sense
  • Two Shaftesbury critics: Bernard Mandeville and John Brown
  • Francis Hutcheson and the Hutcheson-Locke relation
  • David Hume, utilitarian ethics, the moral sense and distributive justice
  • C.A. Helvétius and David Hartley: utilitarian ethics and the moral sense
  • Utilitarian ethics in the theory of moral sentiments
  • Utilitarian ethics and distributive justice in the wealth of nations
  • Bentham, utilitarian ethics and distributive justice
  • Bentham in relation to Locke and the eighteenth-century literature
  • Malthus and the utilitarians
  • Malthus, distributive justice and the equality issue
  • Mill, distributive justice and reform
  • Mill, ethical progress and personal liberty
  • Mill and the moral sense: the return to Bentham (and Hutcheson)