Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism [electronic resource] /
Nakano-Okuno, M.author.
A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics – The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Abbreviations Used in the Text; Introduction; Part I: Sidgwick's Theory of Ethics; Part II: A Reexamination of Contemporary Utilitarianism; Concluding Chapter; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics – The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics.
Sidgwick, Henry, 1838-1900.
Ethics.
Modern philosophy.
Religion—Philosophy.
Sociology.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Modern Philosophy.
Philosophy of Religion.
Sociology, general.