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020			_a9780198728795
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100			_aLazari-Radek, Katarzyna de
245			_aUtilitarianism : a very short introduction
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2017 _aUnited Kingdom:
300			_axxii, 138 p. _c18 cm.
365			_aINR _b225.00
440			_aVery short introductions ; 530
520			_aUtilitarianism 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. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Singer and Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek provide an authoritative account of the nature of utilitarianism, from its nineteenth-century origins, to its justification and its varieties. Considering how utilitarians can respond to objections that are often regarded as devastating, they explore the utilitarian answer to the question of whether torture can ever be justified. They also discuss what it is that utilitarians should seek to maximize, paying special attention to the classical utilitarian view that only pleasure or happiness is of intrinsic value. Singer and de Lazari-Radek conclude by analysing the continuing importance of utilitarianism in the world, indicating how it is a force for new thinking on contemporary ethical challenges like global poverty, the treatment of animals, climate change, and the right to die.
650			_aOrigins
650			_aGoodness
650			_aHappiness
700			_aSinger, Peter
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