Mill's Principle of Utility: Origins, Proof, and Implications: Revised and Enlarged Edition: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, cartea 366
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004503878
ISBN-10: 9004503870
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Ediția:2Nouă
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy, Literature, and Politics
ISBN-10: 9004503870
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Ediția:2Nouă
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy, Literature, and Politics
Cuprins
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on References
Introduction
part 1
Mill’s Principle of Utility and Scholarly Reactions to His Proof: Exegetical and Historical Background
1Classical Utilitarianism before John Stuart Mill: The Legacy of Jeremy Bentham
1.1 History of Utilitarianism: Sources and References
1.2 Bentham as an Anchor for Historical Insight
1.3 Origins and Development of Utilitarian Nomenclature
1.4 Bentham’s Debt to Predecessors and Contemporaries
1.5 Patterns of Indirect Inspiration and Transmission
1.6 Bentham’s Own Terminological Predilections
2The Nature and Function of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.1 What Is Bentham’s Principle of Utility?
2.2 What Is Mill’s Principle of Utility?
2.3 The Multiple Functions of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.3.1PU1: Theory of Value
2.3.2PU2: Theory of Obligation
2.3.3PU3: Theory of Justification
2.4 Mill’s Apparent Definitions of the Principle of Utility
2.5 The Primary Function of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.6 The Structure of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
3The Historical Reception of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
3.1 John Grote: An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy
3.2 Henry Sidgwick: The Methods of Ethics
3.3 Francis Herbert Bradley: Ethical Studies
3.4 William Ritchie Sorley: The Ethics of Naturalism: A Criticism
3.5 John Dewey: Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics
3.6 John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts: Ethics
3.7 John Stuart Mackenzie: A Manual of Ethics
3.8 George Edward Moore: Principia Ethica
part 2
The Alleged Fallacies in Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility: Analysis and Response
4The Alleged Fallacy of Equivocation in Mill’s Proof
4.1 Charges against Mill
4.2 Analysis of the Charges
4.2.1False Discount Factor in Critical Evaluation
4.2.2Multiple Interpretations of “Desirable”
4.2.3Alternative Formulations of Mill’s Argument
4.3 Response to the Charges
4.3.1The Principle of Charity in Critical Evaluation
4.3.2The Methodology behind Mill’s Proof
4.3.3Desires as Evidence of Desirability
4.3.4Distinction between Means and Ends
5The Alleged Fallacy of Composition in Mill’s Proof
5.1 Charges against Mill
5.2 Analysis of the Charges
5.2.1First Scenario
5.2.2Second Scenario
5.2.3Third Scenario
5.2.4Fourth Scenario
5.3 Response to the Charges
5.3.1Deconstruction of the Fallacy of Composition
5.3.2Mill’s Conception of the General Happiness
5.3.3Mill’s Conception of the Aggregate of All Persons
5.4 Critical Summary of the Response
6The Alleged Naturalistic Fallacy in Mill’s Proof
6.1 Moore’s Broad Construal of the Naturalistic Fallacy
6.2 The Naturalistic Fallacy Anchored to the Good
6.3 The Alleged Naturalistic Fallacy in Mill’s Proof
part 3
Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility: Reconstruction and Implications
7Reconstruction of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
7.1 First Part of the Proof
7.1.1The Logical Role of Emphasis on the General Happiness
7.1.2The Moral Implications of Emphasis on the General Happiness
7.2 Second Part of the Proof
8Implications of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
8.1 Implications for a Theory of Moral Obligation
8.2 Directions for Further Research
8.2.1Act Utilitarianism vs. Rule Utilitarianism
8.2.2Actual, Intended, and Foreseeable Consequences
8.2.3Total and Average Happiness
Works Cited
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on References
Introduction
part 1
Mill’s Principle of Utility and Scholarly Reactions to His Proof: Exegetical and Historical Background
1Classical Utilitarianism before John Stuart Mill: The Legacy of Jeremy Bentham
1.1 History of Utilitarianism: Sources and References
1.2 Bentham as an Anchor for Historical Insight
1.3 Origins and Development of Utilitarian Nomenclature
1.4 Bentham’s Debt to Predecessors and Contemporaries
1.5 Patterns of Indirect Inspiration and Transmission
1.6 Bentham’s Own Terminological Predilections
2The Nature and Function of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.1 What Is Bentham’s Principle of Utility?
2.2 What Is Mill’s Principle of Utility?
2.3 The Multiple Functions of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.3.1PU1: Theory of Value
2.3.2PU2: Theory of Obligation
2.3.3PU3: Theory of Justification
2.4 Mill’s Apparent Definitions of the Principle of Utility
2.5 The Primary Function of Mill’s Principle of Utility
2.6 The Structure of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
3The Historical Reception of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
3.1 John Grote: An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy
3.2 Henry Sidgwick: The Methods of Ethics
3.3 Francis Herbert Bradley: Ethical Studies
3.4 William Ritchie Sorley: The Ethics of Naturalism: A Criticism
3.5 John Dewey: Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics
3.6 John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts: Ethics
3.7 John Stuart Mackenzie: A Manual of Ethics
3.8 George Edward Moore: Principia Ethica
part 2
The Alleged Fallacies in Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility: Analysis and Response
4The Alleged Fallacy of Equivocation in Mill’s Proof
4.1 Charges against Mill
4.2 Analysis of the Charges
4.2.1False Discount Factor in Critical Evaluation
4.2.2Multiple Interpretations of “Desirable”
4.2.3Alternative Formulations of Mill’s Argument
4.3 Response to the Charges
4.3.1The Principle of Charity in Critical Evaluation
4.3.2The Methodology behind Mill’s Proof
4.3.3Desires as Evidence of Desirability
4.3.4Distinction between Means and Ends
5The Alleged Fallacy of Composition in Mill’s Proof
5.1 Charges against Mill
5.2 Analysis of the Charges
5.2.1First Scenario
5.2.2Second Scenario
5.2.3Third Scenario
5.2.4Fourth Scenario
5.3 Response to the Charges
5.3.1Deconstruction of the Fallacy of Composition
5.3.2Mill’s Conception of the General Happiness
5.3.3Mill’s Conception of the Aggregate of All Persons
5.4 Critical Summary of the Response
6The Alleged Naturalistic Fallacy in Mill’s Proof
6.1 Moore’s Broad Construal of the Naturalistic Fallacy
6.2 The Naturalistic Fallacy Anchored to the Good
6.3 The Alleged Naturalistic Fallacy in Mill’s Proof
part 3
Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility: Reconstruction and Implications
7Reconstruction of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
7.1 First Part of the Proof
7.1.1The Logical Role of Emphasis on the General Happiness
7.1.2The Moral Implications of Emphasis on the General Happiness
7.2 Second Part of the Proof
8Implications of Mill’s Proof of the Principle of Utility
8.1 Implications for a Theory of Moral Obligation
8.2 Directions for Further Research
8.2.1Act Utilitarianism vs. Rule Utilitarianism
8.2.2Actual, Intended, and Foreseeable Consequences
8.2.3Total and Average Happiness
Works Cited
Index
Notă biografică
Necip Fikri Alican, Ph.D. (1994), Washington University in St. Louis, specializes in ethics and metaphysics. His recent publications include One over Many: The Unitary Pluralism of Plato’s World (2021) and Quine on Ethics: The Gavagai of Moral Discourse (2021).