Utilitarianism and On liberty : including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin

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Utilitarianism and On liberty : including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin

edited with an introduction by Mary Warnock

Blackwell Pub., 2003

2nd ed

  • pbk.

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Including Mill's "Essay on Bentham" and selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin

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Note

First published 1962 by W. Collins

Bibliography: p. [252]-254

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Including three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and political thought. Contains Mill's most famous and influential works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as his important Essay on Bentham. Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to be published in Mill's lifetime. Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the two thinkers who most influenced Mill. Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figure in 20th-century ethics in her own right. Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Mary Warnock 1 BENTHAM An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (chapters I-V) 17 MILL Bentham (from Dissertations and Discussions, volume I) 52 On Liberty 88 Utilitarianism 181 Appendix AUSTIN The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Lecture II 236 Bibliography 252 Chronological table 255 Index 257

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  • NCID
    BA61234213
  • ISBN
    • 0631233512
    • 0631233520
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    264 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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