Description
| Product ID: | 9780872206052 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Hackett Classics |
| Title: | The Utilitarianism |
| Subtitle: | and the 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment |
| Authors: | Author: John Stuart Mill, George Sher |
| Page Count: | 88 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy, History of ideas, Political science and theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social & political philosophy, History of ideas, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy. This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill''s Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy. |
| Imprint Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-06-15 |
