Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations

by David Braybrooke

Utilitarianism, belaboured by repeated counterexamples, has fallen out of favour as an ethical theory. In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - dispels the discredit that standard versions of utilitarianism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802087329
• ISBN13: 9780802087324
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"