Description: Utilitarianism as a Way of Life by Bart Schultz Utilitarianism – a commitment to the greatest happiness for the greatest number – has been the target of endless opposition. According to its critics, it ignores the separateness of persons, cannot secure the protections of basic rights, demands extreme sacrifice, can justify anything – the list goes on. It has been implicated in the horrors of settler colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism, both historically and today, as the neoliberal world order faces a profound legitimation crisis.Bart Schultz argues that utilitarian philosophy must be decolonized and reimagined for the current moment: a time of new and looming existential threats, in a world desperate for social change. Where dominant ethical and political approaches have failed to adequately deal with the enormous challenges we face, utilitarianism – as a set of lived practices, not simply a theoretical construction – may hold out some hope of seriously addressing them. Drawing on alternatives to the well-known Eurocentric story of utilitarianism (and an extensive review and critique of that story) and incorporating the works of Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Derek Parfit, Martha Nussbaum, and other major philosophers, Schultz crafts a groundbreaking new framework of utilitarianism born of struggle and resistance.Utilitarianism as a Way of Life is an essential text for scholars and students of philosophy, political science, economics, decolonization studies, gender studies, psychology, environmental studies, and related fields. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Bart Schultz is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Decolonizing Utilitarianism1 Utilitarianism Now and Then2 Utilitarian Virtue?3 The Worst of the Best4 Different Places, Different Voices, Different VirtuesAppendixNotesIndex Review "In this brilliant, engaging, and perceptive book, Bart Schultz breathes new life into the utilitarian project, illuminating its potential as a source of inspiration for living well in the modern world. A tour de force."Roger Crisp, University of Oxford"This book provides an exciting new approach to one of the most important ethical theories – utilitarianism. Schultz uses critical race theory to resist and reshape Mills classical idea of liberalism. With his Utilitarianism against Mill project, he shows that what we thought once to be a necessary value of Western thought has been shaped by colonialism and racism."Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, The European Graduate School Details ISBN1509552278 Author Bart Schultz Pages 224 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781509552276 Format Paperback Imprint Polity Press Subtitle Re-envisioning Planetary Happiness Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781509552269 ISBN-10 1509552278 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly DEWEY 171.5 Publication Date 2024-09-06 UK Release Date 2024-09-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161369490;
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