Thinking through utilitarianism : a guide to contemporary arguments

Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilitarianism. Intended primarily for students ready to dig deeper into moral philosophy, it examines, in a dialectical and reader-friendly manner, a set of no...

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Main Authors: Forcehimes, Andrew T., Semrau, Luke
Other Authors: School of Humanities
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Language:English
Published: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1550642022-07-12T04:44:43Z Thinking through utilitarianism : a guide to contemporary arguments Forcehimes, Andrew T. Semrau, Luke School of Humanities Humanities::Ethics Utilitarianism Moral Philosophy Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilitarianism. Intended primarily for students ready to dig deeper into moral philosophy, it examines, in a dialectical and reader-friendly manner, a set of normative principles and a set of evaluative principles leading to what is perhaps the most defensible version of Utilitarianism. With the aim of laying its weaknesses bare, each principle is serially introduced, challenged, and then defended. The result is a battery of stress tests that shows with great clarity not only what is attractive about the theory, but also where its problems lie. It will fascinate any student ready for a serious investigation into what we ought to do and what is of value. Ministry of Education (MOE) Generous financial support through a Start Up Grant (No. M4081673.100) 2022-02-22T01:16:50Z 2022-02-22T01:16:50Z 2019 Book Forcehimes, A. T. & Semrau, L. (2019). Thinking through utilitarianism : a guide to contemporary arguments. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155064 978-1624668302 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155064 en M4081673.100 © 2019 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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Utilitarianism
Moral Philosophy
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Moral Philosophy
Forcehimes, Andrew T.
Semrau, Luke
Thinking through utilitarianism : a guide to contemporary arguments
description Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilitarianism. Intended primarily for students ready to dig deeper into moral philosophy, it examines, in a dialectical and reader-friendly manner, a set of normative principles and a set of evaluative principles leading to what is perhaps the most defensible version of Utilitarianism. With the aim of laying its weaknesses bare, each principle is serially introduced, challenged, and then defended. The result is a battery of stress tests that shows with great clarity not only what is attractive about the theory, but also where its problems lie. It will fascinate any student ready for a serious investigation into what we ought to do and what is of value.
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