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Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism /

A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics . With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contempor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nakano-Okuno, Mariko (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Modern Philosophy.
Moral Philosophy.
Philosophy of Religion.
Sociology, general.
Philosophy, Modern.
Religion > Philosophy.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics . With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 270 pages)
ISBN:9780230342941
DOI:10.1057/9780230342941