Utility And Democracy
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Utility And Democracy
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Author : Philip Schofield
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-06-29
Utility And Democracy written by Philip Schofield and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-29 with History categories.
Utility and Democracy is the first comprehensive historical account of the political thought of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the philosopher and reformer. Philip Schofield draws on his extensive knowledge of Bentham's unpublished manuscripts and original printed texts, and on the new, authoritative edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham . A compelling narrative charts the way in which Bentham applied his utilitarian philosophy to the rapidly changing circumstances of his age. Schofield begins with a lucid account of Bentham's insights in the fields of logic and language, and in particular his theory of real and fictitious entities, which lie at the foundation of his thought. He proceeds to show how these insights brought Bentham to the principle of utility, which led him in turn to produce the first systematic defence of democracy from a utilitarian perspective. In contrast to previous scholarship, which claims that Bentham's 'conversion' or 'transition' to political radicalism took place either at the time of the French Revolution or following his meeting with James Mill in 1808 or 1809, Professor Schofield shows that the process began in or around 1804 when the notion of sinister interest emerged in Bentham's thought. Bentham appreciated that rulers, rather than being motivated by a desire to promote the greatest happiness of those subject to them, aimed to promote their own happiness, whatever the overall cost to the community. In his constitutional writings of the 1820s, which he addressed to 'all nations professing liberal opinions', Bentham argued that the proper end of constitutional design was to maximize official aptitude and minimize government expense, and that the publicity of official actions, within the context of a republican system of government where sovereignty lay in the people, was the means to achieve it. Bentham's commitment to radical reform led him to advocate the abolition of the British monarchy and House of Lords, the replacement of the Common Law with a codified system of law, and the 'euthanasia' of the Anglican Church.
Bentham On Democracy Courts And Codification
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Author : Philip Schofield
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-09
Bentham On Democracy Courts And Codification written by Philip Schofield and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09 with Law categories.
Offers a comprehensive account of Bentham's mature, distinctive thought on democracy, courts, codification, and cosmopolitanism.
Happiness Democracy And The Cooperative Movement
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Author : Mark J. Kaswan
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2014-05-19
Happiness Democracy And The Cooperative Movement written by Mark J. Kaswan and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-19 with Philosophy categories.
Happiness is political. The way we think about happiness affects what we do, how we relate to other people and the world around us, our moral principles, and even our ideas about how society should be organized. Utilitarianism, a political theory based on hedonistic and individualistic ideas of happiness, has been dominated for more than two-hundred years by its founder, Jeremy Bentham. In Happiness, Democracy, and the Cooperative Movement, Mark J. Kaswan examines the work of William Thompson, a friend of Bentham's who nonetheless offers a very different utilitarian philosophy and political theory based on a different conception of happiness, but whose work has been largely overlooked. Kaswan reveals the importance of our ideas about happiness for our understanding of the basic principles and nature of democracy, its role in society and its character as a social institution. In what is the closest examination of Thompson's political theory to date, Kaswan moves from philosophy to theory to practice, starting with conceptions of happiness before moving to theories of utility, then to democratic theory, and finally to practice in the first detailed account of how Thompson's ideas laid the foundations for the cooperative movement, which is now the world's largest democratic social movement.
Liberty And Utility
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Author : Cheryl B. Welch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Liberty And Utility written by Cheryl B. Welch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with POLITICAL SCIENCE categories.
Offers an interpretation of the social and political ideas associated with the loosely defined group of theorists and publicists who dominated the intellectual life of France during the later stages of the Revolution and early years of the 19th century, and uses the theory of the Ideologues to illuminate the more general issue of how and why the fusion of utility, liberty, and democracy developed in the language of political theorizing.
Classical Utilitarianism From Hume To Mill
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Author : Frederick Rosen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-28
Classical Utilitarianism From Hume To Mill written by Frederick Rosen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-28 with Philosophy categories.
This book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians from Hume to J.S. Mill. Discussion of utility in writers such as Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham is included.
Happiness And Utility
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Author : Georgios Varouxakis
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2019-07-29
Happiness And Utility written by Georgios Varouxakis and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-29 with Philosophy categories.
Happiness and Utility brings together experts on utilitarianism to explore the concept of happiness within the utilitarian tradition, situating it in earlier eighteenth-century thinkers and working through some of its developments at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Drawing on a range of philosophical and historical approaches to the study of the central idea of utilitarianism, the chapters provide a rich set of insights into a founding component of ethics and modern political and economic thought, as well as political and economic practice. In doing so, the chapters examine the multiple dimensions of utilitarianism and the contested interpretations of this standard for judgement in morality and public policy.
Democracy And Regulation
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Author : Greg Palast
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Release Date : 2003
Democracy And Regulation written by Greg Palast and has been published by Pluto Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
Shows how the deregulation of public services in the US has been a success, why it has failed elsewhere, and what can be done to fix this.
Democracy
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Author : Ross Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11
Democracy written by Ross Harrison and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Philosophy categories.
Democracy surrounds us like the air we breath, and is normally taken very much for granted. Across the world democracy has become accepted as an unquestionably good thing. Yet upon further examination the merits of democracy are both paradoxical and problematic, and the treasured values of liberty and equality can be used to argue both for and against it. In the historical section of the book, Ross Harrison clearly traces the history of democracy by examining the works of, amongst others, Plato and Aristotle, Hegel and Marx. Informed by facts and detailed knowledge of these famous thinkers, Harrison provides a clear and cogent justification of democracy.
The Oxford Handbook Of Political Philosophy
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Author : David Estlund
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-19
The Oxford Handbook Of Political Philosophy written by David Estlund and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-19 with Philosophy categories.
This volume includes 22 new pieces by leading political philosophers, on traditional issues (such as authority and equality) and emerging issues (such as race, and money in politics). The pieces are clear and accessible will interest both students and scholars working in philosophy, political science, law, economics, and more.
Democracy And Education
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Author : James M. Tarrant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Democracy And Education written by James M. Tarrant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Education categories.