Description: Utilitarianism : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by de Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna; Singer, Peter, ISBN 0198728794, ISBN-13 9780198728795, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Utilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is also one of the most controversial. It clashes, or is widely thought to clash, with many conventional moral views, and with human rights when they are seen as inviolable. Would it, for example, be
right to torture a suspected terrorist in order to prevent an attack that could kill and injure a large number of innocent people?
In this Very Short Introduction Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer provide an authoritative account of the nature of utilitarianism, from its nineteenth-century origins, to its justification and its varieties. Considering how utilitarians can respond to objections that are often regarded as
devastating, they explore the utilitarian answer to the question of whether torture can ever be justified. They also discuss what it is that utilitarians should seek to maximize, paying special attention to the classical utilitarian view that only pleasure or happiness is of intrinsic value.
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer conclude by analyzing the continuing importance of utilitarianism in the world, indicating how it is a force for new thinking on contemporary moral challenges like global poverty, the treatment of animals, climate change, reducing the risk of human
extinction, end-of-life decisions for terminally-ill patients, and the shift towards assessing the success of government policies in terms of their impact on happiness.
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Book Title: Utilitarianism : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: General, Movements / Utilitarianism
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Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 4.4 Oz
Item Length: 6.9 in
Author: Peter Singer, Katarzyna De Lazari-Radek
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Item Width: 4.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
