David O. Brink (University of California)

Mill's Progressive Principles

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Produktbeschreibung

David O. Brink offers a reconstruction and assessment of John Stuart Mill's contributions to the utilitarian and liberal traditions. Brink defends interpretations of key elements in Mill's moral and political thought, and shows how a perfectionist reading of his conception of happiness has a significant impact on other aspects of his philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780198744399
• ISBN-10: 0198744390
• Artikelnr.: 47870817

Autorenporträt

David O. Brink is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego and a Director of the Institute for Law and Philosophy at the University of San Diego School of Law. His research interests are in ethical theory, history of ethics, and jurisprudence. He is the author of Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics (CUP, 1989) and Perfectionism and the Common Good: Themes in the Philosophy of T.H. Green (OUP, 2003).

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
A Note on Mill's Texts
1: Mill's Radical Background
2: Varieties of Motivation
3: Perfectionism about Happiness and Higher Pleasures
4: Ambivalence about Duty
5: The Justification of Utilitarianism
6: Liberal Preliminaries
7: Freedom of Expression in a Liberal Context
8: Liberal Principles Refined
9: Liberalism, Utilitarianism, and Rights
10: Liberal Democracy
11: Sexual Equality
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index