Henry Sidgwick
Paperback | Pages: 568 pages Rating: 3.98 | 121 Users | 6 Reviews
Define Based On Books The Methods of Ethics
| Title | : | The Methods of Ethics |
| Author | : | Henry Sidgwick |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 568 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1981 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (first published 1907) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Nonfiction. Reference |
Interpretation In Favor Of Books The Methods of Ethics
This Hackett edition, first published in 1981, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the seventh (1907) edition as published by Macmillan and Company, Limited.From the forward by John Rawls:
In the utilitarian tradition Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) has an important place. His fundamental work, The Methods of Ethics (first edition 1874, seventh and last edition 1907, here reprinted), is the clearest and most accessible formulation of what we may call 'the classical utilitarian doctorine.' This classical doctrine holds that the ultimate moral end of social and individual action is the greatest net sum of the happiness of all sentient beings. Happinesss is specified (as positive or negative) by the net balance of pleasure over pain, or, as Sidgwick preferred to say, as the net balance of agreeable over disagreeable consciousness. . . .
Identify Books Concering The Methods of Ethics
| ISBN: | 0915145286 (ISBN13: 9780915145287) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Based On Books The Methods of Ethics
Ratings: 3.98 From 121 Users | 6 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books The Methods of Ethics
Henry Sidgwick (/ˈsɪdʒwɪk/; 31 May 1838 28 August 1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death, and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a
What we commonly demand or long for, under the name of Ideal Justice, is not so much the realisation of Freedom, as the distribution of good and evil according to Desert: indeed it is as a means to this latter end that Freedom is often advocated; for it is said that if we protect men completely from mutual interference, each will reap the good and bad consequences of his own conduct, and so be happy or unhappy in proportion to his deserts.If there is one aspect that sums up both the brilliance
What we commonly demand or long for, under the name of Ideal Justice, is not so much the realisation of Freedom, as the distribution of good and evil according to Desert: indeed it is as a means to this latter end that Freedom is often advocated; for it is said that if we protect men completely from mutual interference, each will reap the good and bad consequences of his own conduct, and so be happy or unhappy in proportion to his deserts.If there is one aspect that sums up both the brilliance
Citado por Bruni en Capabilities and Happiness.
All ethical argumentation ultimately reduces to reasoning about happiness. Sidgwick is persuasive to an impressive degree, but not absolutely. Are preferences conducive to happiness really always exogenous? How are we to arbitrate between different people's conflicting desires for happiness without a higher good?
This was an extremely tedious read for several reasons. It was long, very detailed, covered a wide range of topics (many of which I have little interest in), and reached some conclusions I disagree with. That said, because the book was so long and detailed, Sidgwick managed to illustrate clearly common sense morality and suggest how common sense morality's inconsistencies may be solved by appeal to utilitarianism. Overall, a book I am glad I have read, although one I certainly did not enjoy
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.