Utilitarianism
A Very Short Introduction
Recommended by Nigel Warburton, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #6 in Utilitarianism
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 its... more
In this Very Short Introduction Peter Singer and Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek provide an authoritative account of the nature of utilitarianism, from its... more
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Nigel Warburton It covers what you would cover in a university undergraduate course on utilitarianism, but you can read and take it in in four or five hours or so. (Source)
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