Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism by Crisp, Roger -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgements A Note On Texts and References Chapter 1: A Teacher In an Age of Transition

Mill’s Life The Development of Mill’s Ethics Interpreting Mill Further Reading

Chapter 2: Welfare and Pleasure

Welfare and Ethics Bentham’s Account Haydn and the Oyster Mill’s Hedonism Taking the Higher Ground An Alleged Dilemma The Competent Judges Further Reading

Chapter 3: Experience, Desire and the Ideal

Veridical and Non-Veridical Experience Mill’s Account and the Value of Authenticity Beyond Experience Desire Accounts Desire and Reason The Ideal Authoritarianism, Awareness, Pluralism and Plants Further Reading

Chapter 4: The Proof and Sanctions of Utilitarianism

Moral Theory and Methodology Stage 1: ‘Visible’ and ‘Desirable’ Stage 2: From the Happiness of Each to the Happiness of All Stage 3: Nothing Other Than Happiness Is Desirable Psychology and Ethics Sanctions Further Reading

Chapter 5: What Utilitarianism Is

Rightness and Focus Actualism and Probabilism Acts and Rules Levels of Moral Thinking Demandingness and Rule-Worship Split Psyches and Different Discourses Supererogation Punishment and the Origin of Moral Language Further Reading

Chapter 6: Integrity

Integrity and the Separateness of Persons Moral Agency and Responsibility The Self and Motivation Alienation and Demandingness Moral Emotions Further Reading

Chapter 7: Justice

Justice Mill’s Debunking Argument Duties, Rights and Obligations Retaliation, Fairness and Desert Further Reading

Chapter 8: Utilitarianism and Freedom: On Liberty

Utilitarianism and Liberalism The Enslavement of the Soul Harm to Others Offence and Slavery Folly and Depravation of Taste Freedom of Expression The Value of Truth Individuality Further Reading

Chapter 9: Utilitarianism and Equality: The Subjection of Women

Unmasking the Morality of Marital Slavery Chivalry and Justice Marriage, Equal Opportunity and the Liberation of Women Mill’s Empiricism and the Power of Ideology The Benefits of Reform Further Reading

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