The pursuit of happiness : philosophical and psychological foundations of utility /
Utilitarianism began as a movement for social reform that changed the world. To understand Utilitarianism, we must understand utility - how is it to be measured, and how aggregate utility of a group can be understood. The authors, a cognitive scientist and a philosopher, pursue these questions from...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Utilitarianism began as a movement for social reform that changed the world. To understand Utilitarianism, we must understand utility - how is it to be measured, and how aggregate utility of a group can be understood. The authors, a cognitive scientist and a philosopher, pursue these questions from Bentham to the present, examining psychophysics, positivism, measurement theory, meaningfulness, neuropsychology, representation theorems, and dynamics of formation of conventions. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191889721 0191889725 9780192598431 0192598430 9780192598424 0192598422 |