Utilitarianism and On Liberty
Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
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Beschreibung
Including three of his most famous and important essays,Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay onBentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Benthamand John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous viewof Mill's ethical and political thought.
* * Contains Mill's most famous and influential works,Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as hisimportant Essay on Bentham.
* Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to bepublished in Mill's lifetime.
* Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the twothinkers who most influenced Mill.
* Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figurein 20th-century ethics in her own right.
* Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the bestscholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism.
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"Anyone interested in the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill willbe pleased to have the essential readings in one volume andgrateful to Mary Warnock for her informative and insightfulintroduction." William H. Shaw, San Jose State University
"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, orthe Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right inproportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend toproduce the reverse of happiness." John Stuart Mill,Utilitarianism
"The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually orcollectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any oftheir number, is self-protection." John Stuart Mill, OnLiberty
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