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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amartya Sen; Bernard Williams |
| ISBN: | 0521242967 9780521242967 0521287715 9780521287715 |
| OCLC Number: | 7978030 |
| Description: | vii, 290 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Ethical theory and utilitarianism / R.M. Hare -- Morality and the theory of rational behaviour / John C. Hasrsanyi -- The economic uses of utilitarianism / J.A. Mirrlees -- Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information / Peter J. Hammond -- Contractualism and utilitarianism / T.M. Scanlon -- The diversity of goods / Charles Taylor -- Morality and convention / Stuart Hampshire -- Social unity and primary goods / John Rawls -- On some difficulties of the utilitarian economist / Frank Hahn -- Utilitarianism, information and rights / Partha Dasupta -- Sour grapes-- utilitarianism and the genesis of want / Jon Elster -- Liberty and welfare / Isaac Levi -- Under which descriptions? / Frederic Schick -- What's the use of going to school? / Amy Gutmann. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams. |
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Abstract:
Utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice.
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