
Utilitarianism is a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Offering utilitarianism as a living tradition, this book begins with a summary of utilitarianism of the 18th and 19th centuries. It traces the development of the...

Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political...