Sidgwick and contemporary utilitarianism / Mariko Nakano-Okuno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakano-Okuno, Mariko, 1970-

Standardized Title:

Sidgwick to gendai kourishugi. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Sidgwick, Henry, 1838-1900.

Sidgwick, Henry.

Utilitarianism.

Physical Description:

xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism will be a must-read book for all professional philosophers as well as students concerned with Sidgwick's moral philosophy, utilitarian ethics and the theoretical foundations of ethics in general. Its language is plain and reader-friendly, which enables philosophy beginners to understand the fundamental questions of ethics more easily and clearly than ever. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Sidgwick's Theory of Ethics

The Scope of Ethics

An Overview of The Methods of Ethics

Three Methods, Intuition, and Common Sense

Meta-Ethical Analyses

Testing the Significance of Apparent Truths

The Three Fundamental Principles

Philosophical Foundations of Utilitarianism

Part II A Re-Examination Of Contemporary Utilitarianism

An Approach Not Appealing to Moral Intuition

A Reappraisal of Hedonism

Interpersonal Comparison and Maximization

Reconciling the Dualism of the Practical Reason.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230321786

023032178X

OCLC:

724657116