Utilitarianism

by Geoffrey Scarre

Book Overview

Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth.
Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utility' from the moralists of the ancient world, through the Enlightenment and Victorian utilitarianism up to the lively debate of the present day. Utilitarianism today faces challenges on several fronts:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415121973
• ISBN13: 9780415121972
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"