Utilitarianism as a public philosophy
Utilitarianism, the great reforming philosophy of the nineteenth century, has today acquired the reputation for being a crassly calculating, impersonal philosophy unfit to serve as a guide to moral conduct. Yet what may disqualify utilitarianism as a personal philosophy makes it an eminently suitabl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1995.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39723100*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Introduction: Moral Bases of State Action. 1. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy. 2. The state as a moral agent
- pt. II. Morality, Public and Private. 3. Do motives matter? 4. Government house utilitarianism
- pt. III. Shaping Private Conduct. 5. Responsibilities. 6. Distributing credit and blame. 7. Apportioning responsibilities
- pt. IV. Shaping Public Policies. 8. Liberalism and the best-judge principle. 9. Laundering preferences. 10. Heroic measures and false hopes. 11. Theories of compensation. 12. Stabilizing expectations. 13. Compensation and redistribution. 14. Basic income. 15. Relative needs. 16. What is so special about our fellow countrymen? 17. Nuclear disarmament as a moral certainty. 18. International ethics and the environmental crisis.
