The Utilitarian response : the contemporary viability of utilitarian political philosophy
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The Utilitarian response : the contemporary viability of utilitarian political philosophy
（Sage modern politics series, v. 24）
Sage, 1990
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Papers first presented at a component workshop at the Joint Sessions of Works of the European Consortium for Political Research held in Rimini, Italy, April 1988 and sponsored by the University of Bologna
Includes bibliography and index
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Description
This book explores the capacity of utilitarianism to respond to the challenge of theories such as those of Rawls, Nozick and Dworkin, which focus primarily on the individual.
Its central questions concern the intellectual coherence and moral acceptability of utilitarian answers to important problems, including health care, punishment and electoral arrangements. Its key themes are the relationship between private ethics and public policy, between utility and freedom, utility and democracy, and the role and limitations of states, both internally and internationally.
Table of Contents
Utilitarianism - Lincoln Allison
What is it and Why Should it Respond?
The Utilitarian Ethics of Punishment and Torture - Lincoln Allison
Justice and Utility in Health Care - John Day
A Stage in Moral Development - Paul Lucardie
Choice and Utility - Samuel Brittan
Individual Choice and the Retreat from Utilitarianism - Andrew Reeve
Utilitarianism, Conservatism and Social Policy - John R Gibbins
Government House Utilitarianism - Robert E Goodin
Utilitarian Ethics and Democratic Government - Jonathan Riley
Benthamism as `Positive', Rational Choice, Theory of Democracy. Does it Work? - Ian Budge
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