An Introduction to Utilitarianism

Prof. Richard Chappell, Mr. Darius Meissner, William MacAskill

An Introduction to Utilitarianism
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Country
United States
Published
20 January 2025
Pages
264
ISBN
9781647922009

An Introduction to Utilitarianism

Prof. Richard Chappell, Mr. Darius Meissner, William MacAskill

An Introduction to Utilitarianism: From Theory to Practice is a state-of-the-art text, simultaneously accessible to introductory students and informative for more advanced readers. Two key features set it apart. First, its comprehensive coverage of the arguments for and against utilitarianism is unparalleled. Second, it takes seriously the practical implications of utilitarianism for how we should live, with a particular emphasison utilitarianism's impartial beneficenceand its focus on effectiveness. Guided by the conviction that practical ethics is more about how best to use our limited time and resources than which victims to hit with trolleys in thought experiments, its practical upshots should prove amenable to utilitarians and non-utilitarians alike.

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