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From Utilitarianism to Hedonism: Gossen, Jevons And Walras

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Jan Van Daal
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Utilitarianism as conceived of in the present article is the philosophical movement that is roughly characterized by three main features: (1) during his lifetime a person maximizes his utility, which depends on his pleasure and his pain; (2) an individual's behavior should be based on a good education and guided by effective legislation; (3) society's ultimate purpose is the maximization of the aggregate happiness of all people.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , Fall 1996 , pp. 271 - 286
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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