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1、CLASSICALUTILITARIANISMFROMHUMETOMILLThisbookpresentsanewandcontroversialanalysisoftheideaofutility,itsroleinthefoundationofmorality,anditsconnectionwithjusticeandliberty,fromHume’sEnquiryconcerningthePrinciplesofMoralstoJ.S.Mill’sOnLibertyandUtilitarianism.Thebookissituatedwithin
2、thephilosophicalcontextoftheearlierEpicureantraditionwithitsemphasisonpleasure,painandutilityonwhichthemainfiguresdiscussedinthisbook–Hume,Smith,Helvétius,Bentham,Paley,andJ.S.Mill–drew.Theauthordefinesaclassicalutilitariantradition,whichinturnisdefendedasacoherentcontextforunders
3、tandingimportantargumentsinmoralandpoliticalphilosophyconcernedwithjustice,rights,liberty,individu-ality,equality,anddemocracy.ClassicalUtilitarianismfromHumetoMillutilizesanumberofdisciplines,suchasmoralandpoliticalphilosophy,politicalandsocialtheory,intellectualhistory,thehistor
4、yofphilosophy,andthehistoryofeconomicthoughttopresentauniquestudyintwoparts.PartIincludeschaptersonsuchtopicsasthemajorfiguresintheScottishandFrenchEnlightenments,SmithandBenthamontheentrepreneur,thereligiousutilitarianismofPaley,andMill’scritiqueofCarlyleandthedefenceofBentham.Pa
5、rtIIdefendsclassicalutilitarianismagainstanumberofcommoncontemporarycriticismsconcernedwiththepunishmentoftheinnocent,thesacrificeofsomeforthehappinessofothers,democraticdespotismormajoritytyranny,andtheimpoverishedstateofnegativeliberty.FrederickRosenisProfessoroftheHistoryofPoli
6、ticalThoughtatUniversityCollegeLondon.HehasservedasGeneralEditorofTheCollectedWorksofJeremyBentham,DirectoroftheBenthamProject,andDirectoroftheCentreforPolitics,LawandSocietyatUCL.AmonghisbooksareJeremyBenthamandRepresentativeDemocracy(1983)andBentham,ByronandGreece:Constitutional
7、ism,Nationalism,andEarlyLiberalPoliticalThought(1992).Hehasco-editedseveralbooks,wasthefoundingeditorofUtilitas,andhascontributednumerousarticlestovariouslearnedjournals.ROUTLEDGESTUDIESINETHICSANDMORALTHEORYTHECONTRADICTIONSOFMODERNMORALSOCIETYEthicsafterWittgensteinPaulJohnstonC
8、LASSICALUTILITARIANISMFROMHUMETOM
