Utilitarianism and the 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment

311 Pages·2001·0.723 MB·English

by  John Stuart Mill

UTILITARIANISM
John Stuart Mill
UTILITARIANISM
Second Edition
Edited, with an Introduction,
by
George Sher
Rice University
Hackett Publishing
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Indianapolis/Cambridge
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Data
Mill, John Stuart, 1806–1873
Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill ; edited, with an
introduction, by
George Sher.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-87220-606-8 (cloth) — ISBN 0-87220-
605-X (pbk.)
1. Utilitarianism. I. Sher, George. II. Title.
B1571.
M6 2001039619
2001
171'.5
—
dc21
ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-606-9 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-605-2 (pbk.)
ePub ISBN: 978-1-60384-270-9
CONTENTS
Editor’s Introduction
Selected Bibliography
UTILITARIANISM
C I G
HAPTER ENERAL
R
EMARKS
C II W
HAPTER HAT
U A
TILIT RIANISM
IS
C III O
HAPTER F THE
U
LTIMATE
S
ANCTION OF
P
THE RINCIPLE
U
OF TILITY
C IV O W S
HAPTER F HAT ORT
P
OF ROOF THE
P
RINCIPLE OF
U
TILITY IS
S
USCEPTIBLE
C V O
HAPTER N THE
C
ONNECTION
B
ETWEEN
J
USTICE AND
U
TILITY
A A 1868
PPENDIX PRIL
S
PEECH ON
C
APITAL
P
UNISHMENT