Utilitarianism : restorations, repairs, renovations : variations on Bentham's master-idea, that disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected / David Braybrooke.
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TextSeries: Toronto studies in philosophyPublisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type: - text
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- B843 .B739 2004
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Substituting comparative censuses for the hedonistic calculus that figures in standard utilitarianism, Braybrooke excludes gratuitous sacrifices also of happiness short of life-sacrifices.
Includes index.
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Jeremy Bentham's "master idea" is carefully analyzed in Braybrooke's most recent work on utilitarianism. Braybrooke (Univ. of Texas, Austin) draws heavily on his earlier books, including Moral Objectives, Rules, and the Forms of Social Change (1998) and A Strategy of Decision (1963, coauthored with C. E. Lindblom). Reliance on these and other earlier texts does not detract from the new insights Braybrooke generates regarding Bentham's innovative ethical theory. Braybrooke begins with his own careful formulation of Bentham's "master idea" that "disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected." He further analyzes this idea through comparisons with such key works as Samuel Scheffler's The Rejection of Consequentialism (1982), Robert E. Goodin's Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy (1995), and William H. Shaw's Contemporary Ethics: Taking into Account Utilitarianism (1999). Additionally, Braybrooke addresses many of the traditional challenges utilitarianism faces, including questions regarding the status of moral rules, criticisms generated due to incomplete information about the future consequences of an action, and the overall role of sacrifices within the utilitarian framework. Thoughtful discussions of these challenges, and of social needs and public policy making, result in Braybrooke's "restorations, repairs, and renovations" of Bentham's master idea. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above. H. Storl Augustana College (IL)There are no comments on this title.