Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin - Hardcover

Mill, John Stuart

 
9780631233510: Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631233512 ISBN 13: 9780631233510
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Mary Warnock was Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 until 1991. In 1985 she was created a Life Peer: Baroness Warnock of Weeke in the City of Winchester. Her publications include Ethics Since 1900 (1960), The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (1963), Existentialist Ethics (1966), Existentialism (1970), and An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics (2000).

From the Back Cover

This book combines John Stuart Mill’s key writings, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and ‘Essay on Bentham’, with formative selections from Mill’s greatest influences, Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, and a discerning introduction written by the renowned ethics scholar Mary Warnock. This combination provides a thorough and perspicuous view of Mill's thought. An extensive bibliography of the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham, and Utilitarianism makes this book even more useful for students.

This volume affords indispensable insight from – and into – one of the most profound and influential thinkers in Western philosophy.

From the Inside Flap

This book combines John Stuart Mill’s key writings, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and ‘Essay on Bentham’, with formative selections from Mill’s greatest influences, Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, and a discerning introduction written by the renowned ethics scholar Mary Warnock. This combination provides a thorough and perspicuous view of Mill's thought. An extensive bibliography of the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham, and Utilitarianism makes this book even more useful for students.

This volume affords indispensable insight from – and into – one of the most profound and influential thinkers in Western philosophy.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631233512
ISBN 13 
9780631233510
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
272
Editor
Warnock Mary

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