The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians
by Bart Schultz
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Subjects
UtilitarianismPhilosophyEthics19th CenturySocial ReformIntellectual HistoryBritish Philosophy
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