Utilitarianism

by Mill, John S.

• ISBN13: 9780915144419
• ISBN10: 0915144417
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-06-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co

Summary

Mill's Utilitarianism is one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy ever written. Mill defends the view that all human action should produce the greatest happiness overall, and that happiness itself is to be understood as consisting in "higher" and"lower" pleasures. This volume uses the 1871 edition of the text, the last to be published in Mill's lifetime.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	vii	(7)
Selected Bibliography	xiv
UTILITARIANISM
I General Remarks	1	(5)
II What Utilitarianism Is	6	(20)
III Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility	26	(8)
IV Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility Is Susceptible	34	(7)
V On the Connection between Justice and Utility	41