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Edited by Ben Eggleston, University of Kansas, Dale E. Miller, Old Dominion University, Virginia

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: February 2014
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781139096737
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139096737

Subjects:: History of Philosophy, Political Theory, Ethics, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy
Series:: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Collection:: The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy and Religion

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Utilitarianism, the approach to ethics based on the maximization of overall well-being, continues to have great traction in moral philosophy and political thought. This Companion offers a systematic exploration of its history, themes, and applications. First, it traces the origins and development of utilitarianism via the work of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and others. The volume then explores issues in the formulation of utilitarianism, including act versus rule utilitarianism, actual versus expected consequences, and objective versus subjective theories of well-being. Next, utilitarianism is positioned in relation to Kantianism and virtue ethics, and the possibility of conflict between utilitarianism and fairness is considered. Finally, the volume explores the modern relevance of utilitarianism by considering its practical implications for contemporary controversies such as military conflict and global warming. The volume will be an important resource for all those studying moral philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, and history of ideas.

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The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism - Half title page
pp i-ii

Series page
pp iii-iv

The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-15

1 - Utilitarianism before Bentham
pp 16-37

2 - Benthamand utilitarianism in the early nineteenth century
pp 38-60

3 - Mill and utilitarianism in the mid-nineteenth century
pp 61-80

4 - Sidgwick and utilitarianism in the late nineteenth century
pp 81-102

5 - Utilitarianism in the twentieth century
pp 103-124

6 - Act utilitarianism
pp 125-145

7 - Rule utilitarianism
pp 146-165

8 - Global utilitarianism
pp 166-176

9 - Objectivism, subjectivism, and prospectivism
pp 177-198

10 - Subjective theories of well-being
pp 199-219

11 - Objective theories of well-being
pp 220-238

12 - Kantian ethics and utilitarianism
pp 239-257

13 - What virtue ethics can learn from utilitarianism
pp 258-279

14 - Utilitarianism and fairness
pp 280-302

15 - Utilitarianism and the ethics of war
pp 303-324

16 - Utilitarianism and our obligations to future people
pp 325-347

Bibliography
pp 348-372

Index
pp 373-387

Series page
pp 388-390

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