Utilitarianism: and the 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment (Hackett Classics) - Hardcover

Mill, John Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0872206068 ISBN 13: 9780872206069

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Reissued in its corrected 1864 second edition, this work by the philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-73) argues for a utilitarian theory of morality, refining Bentham's 'greatest happiness' principle and defending it from common criticisms. Mill's key discussion on the topic, it remains a fundamental text in ethics.

From the Publisher:

Library of Liberal Arts title.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0872206068
• ISBN 13: 9780872206069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 88
• Editor: Sher George