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Utilitarianism and co-operation /

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The author identifies and defines the features of traditional utilitarian theories which account for their appeal, demonstrates that no theory which is 'exclusively act-oriented' can have all the properties that ultilitarians have attempted to build into their theories, and develops a new...

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Main Author: Regan, Donald (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1980.
Subjects:
Utilitarianism.
Cooperation.
Utilitarisme.
utilitarianism.
Cooperation
Utilitarianism
Kooperation
Utilitarismus
Electronic books.
Kooperativer Utilitarismus.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The author identifies and defines the features of traditional utilitarian theories which account for their appeal, demonstrates that no theory which is 'exclusively act-oriented' can have all the properties that ultilitarians have attempted to build into their theories, and develops a new theory 'co-operative utilitarianism'.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191680922
0191680923