Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert Essays in Moral Philosophy

Name: Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert Essays in Moral Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780521598422

ISBN-10: 0521598427

ISBN-13: 9780521598422

Edition: 1997

Authors: Fred Feldman, Jonathan Dancy, John Haldane, Gilbert Harman, Frank Jackson

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Fred Feldman has made a substantial contribution to utilitarian moral philosophy. This volume brings together a collection of ten of Feldman's essays.

Book details

List price: $57.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.43" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Gilbert Harman is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the author of Explaining Value and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy and Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind.



Introduction



Utilitarianism



World utilitarianism



On the extensional equivalence of simple and general utilitarianism



The principle of moral harmony



On the consistency of act and motive utilitarianism



Hedonism



Two questions about pleasure



Mill, Moore, and the consistency of qualified Hedonism



On the intrinsic value of pleasures



Desert



Adjusting utility for justice



Desert: reconsideration of some received wisdom



Justice, desert, and the repugnant conclusion


Index of subjects


Index of persons


Index of cases