Utility, Progress, and Technology: Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies

• Altres autors: Schefczyk, Michael (Editor), Schmidt-Petri, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electrònic Capítol de llibre
• Idioma: anglès
• Publicat: Karlsruhe KIT Scientific Publishing 2021
• Matèries: Humanities; Theorie und Anwendungen des Utilitarismus; Glück und Wohlergehen; John Stuart Mill; Tierethik; Populationsethik; Theory and applications of Utilitarianism; Happiness and Flourishing; animal ethics; population ethics
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Sumari

This volume collects selected papers delivered at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, which was held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in July 2018. It includes papers dealing with the past, present, and future of utilitarianism - the theory that human happiness is the fundamental moral value - as well as on its applications to animal ethics, population ethics, and the future of humanity, among other topics.

Descripció física

1 electronic resource (382 p.)

ISBN

KSP/1000134479
9783731511083

Accés

Open Access