Description

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The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism volume is an ideal commentary for students on Mill's classic essay.

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• Contains the complete text of Utilitarianism and twelve related essays.
  
• Essays cover the background to Mill's classic essay, analyses of the arguments, and contemporary debates within the utilitarian tradition.
  
• Also includes a case study demonstrating the application of utilitarian theory to military or non-violent responses to terrorism.
  
• Each contribution is an original essay written by a specialist at the cutting edge of philosophical scholarship.

About the Author

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Henry R. West is Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics (2004), Moral Philosophy: Classic Texts and Contemporary Problems (1977), and articles in journals and encyclopedias on John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism.