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

• Other Authors: Schefczyk, Michael (Editor), Schmidt-Petri, Christoph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Karlsruhe KIT Scientific Publishing 2021
• Subjects: 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
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (382 p.)

ISBN

KSP/1000134479
9783731511083

Access

Open Access