Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Utilitarianism and beyond
- 1 Ethical theory and utilitarianism
- 2 Morality and the theory of rational behaviour
- 3 The economic uses of utilitarianism
- 4 Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information
- 5 Contractualism and utilitarianism
- 6 The diversity of goods
- 7 Morality and convention
- 8 Social unity and primary goods
- 9 On some difficulties of the utilitarian economist
- 10 Utilitarianism, information and rights
- 11 Sour grapes – utilitarianism and the genesis of wants
- 12 Liberty and welfare
- 13 Under which descriptions?
- 14 What's the use of going to school?
- Bibliography
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Utilitarianism and beyond
- 1 Ethical theory and utilitarianism
- 2 Morality and the theory of rational behaviour
- 3 The economic uses of utilitarianism
- 4 Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information
- 5 Contractualism and utilitarianism
- 6 The diversity of goods
- 7 Morality and convention
- 8 Social unity and primary goods
- 9 On some difficulties of the utilitarian economist
- 10 Utilitarianism, information and rights
- 11 Sour grapes – utilitarianism and the genesis of wants
- 12 Liberty and welfare
- 13 Under which descriptions?
- 14 What's the use of going to school?
- Bibliography
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- Utilitarianism and Beyond , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1982