Utilitarianism

by Mill, John Stuart; Sher, George

• ISBN13: 9780872206052
• ISBN10: 087220605X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781603842327
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780872206069, 9780915144419
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Summary

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's 'Utilitarianism' includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	vii
Selected Bibliography	xv
UTILITARIANISM
General Remarks	1	(5)
What Utilitarianism Is	6	(21)
Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility	27	(8)
Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility Is Susceptible	35	(7)
On the Connection between Justice and Utility	42	(23)
Appendix April 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment	65