Title: Moral philosophy
Authors: Hare, R. M.; Magee, Bryan; Tyley, Tony; Hoenig, Janet; BBC Education & Training; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Hare, R. M. Interviews.; Bentham, Jeremy, Ethics.; James, William, Ethics.; Mill, John Stuart, Ethics.; Sidgwick, Henry, Ethics.; Marx, Karl, Ethics.; Utilitarianism; Ethics Philosophy.; Social sciences and ethics
Abstract: R.M. Hare examines the 19th-century philosophy of Utilitarianism-- morals and legislation predicated on the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers-- and how it has been applied in the 20th century. In the tradition of J. Bentham, William James, J.S. Mill and H. Sidgwick, Hare also analyzes how 20th century philosophers including Karl Marx, applied utilitarian philosophical concepts to social, political and economic questions.