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Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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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 Peter Singer and Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek provide an authoritative account of the nature of utilitarianism, from ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198728795
SKU
V9780198728795
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About Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek is a Polish utilitarian philosopher, working as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Lodz. She is the author of several articles in Polish and English on Henry Sidgwick, utilitarianism, bioethics, and philosophy for children, and, with Peter Singer, has co-authored The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics (OUP, ... Read more

Reviews for Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Written with characteristic clarity by the acknowledged heirs of the founders of utilitarianism, this discussion is authoritative, sympathetic though not uncritical, and remarkably comprehensive in a word, ideal.
Jeff McMahan, Whites Professor of Moral Philosophy, Oxford
The Best Philosophy Books of 2017: This book is quite brilliantly done. It's a very concise book, but its intelligible and ... Read more

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