An Introduction to Utilitarianism: From Theory to Practice - Softcover

Chappell, Richard; Meissner, Darius; MacAskill, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1647922003 ISBN 13: 9781647922009

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2024

Synopsis

An Introduction to Utilitarianism: From Theory to Practice is a state-of-the-art text, simultaneously accessible to introductory students and informative for more advanced readers. Two key features set it apart. First, its comprehensive coverage of the arguments for and against utilitarianism is unparalleled. Second, it takes seriously the practical implications of utilitarianism for how we should live, with a particular emphasis on utilitarianism's impartial beneficence and its focus on effectiveness. Guided by the conviction that practical ethics is more about how best to use our limited time and resources than which victims to hit with trolleys in thought experiments, its practical upshots should prove amenable to utilitarians and non-utilitarians alike.

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About the Author

Richard Yetter Chappell (University of Miami) authored Parfit's Ethics and writes about moral philosophy at www.goodthoughts.blog. 
Darius Meissner has an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.
William MacAskill (University of Oxford) authored Doing Good Better and What We Owe The Future, and co-authored Moral Uncertainty. Will helped to start the effective altruism movement, which seeks to use evidence and reason to maximize the effectiveness of time and money devoted to helping others. He cofounded Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, The Centre for Effective Altruism and the Global Priorities Institute.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1647922003
• ISBN 13: 9781647922009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264