Utilitarianism and beyond / edited by Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sen, Amartya, 1933- editor.

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utilitarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Utilitarianism & Beyond

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A volume of studies of utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice. All but two of the papers have been commissioned especially for the volume, and between them they represent not only a wide range of arguments for and against utilitarianism but also a first-class selection of the most interesting and influential work in this very active area. There is also a substantial introduction by the two editors. The volume will constitute an important stimulus and point of reference for a wide range of philosophers, economists and social theorists.

Contents:

Ethical theory and utilitarianism / R.M. Hare

Morality and the theory of rational behaviour / John C. Hasrsanyi

The economic uses of utilitarianism / J.A. Mirrlees

Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information / Peter J. Hammond

Contractualism and utilitarianism / T.M. Scanlon

The diversity of goods / Charles Taylor

Morality and convention / Stuart Hampshire

Social unity and primary goods / John Rawls

On some difficulties of the utilitarian economist / Frank Hahn

Utilitarianism, information and rights / Partha Dasupta

Sour grapes

utilitarianism and the genesis of want / Jon Elster

Liberty and welfare / Isaac Levi

Under which descriptions? / Frederic Schick

What's the use of going to school? / Amy Gutmann.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290).

ISBN:

0-511-00326-9

0-511-61196-X