Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin [Illustrated] [Paperback]

John Stuart Mill (Author), Mary Warnock (Editor)

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (Feb 27 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0631233520
ISBN-13: 978-0631233527
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.5 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 458 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #720,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12 in Books > Nonfiction > Philosophy > Movements > Utilitarianism

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"Anyone interested in the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill will be pleased to have the essential readings in one volume and grateful to Mary Warnock for her informative and insightful introduction." William H. Shaw, San Jose State University

"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism

"The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

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Including three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and political thought.

Contains Mill's most famous and influential works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as his important Essay on Bentham.
Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to be published in Mill's lifetime.
Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the two thinkers who most influenced Mill.
Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figure in 20th-century ethics in her own right.
Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism.

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