Utilitarianism: restorations, repairs, renovations ; variations on Bentham's master-idea, that disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected

"In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - disp...

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Main Author: Braybrooke, David 1924- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto [u.a.] Univ. of Toronto Press 2004
Series:Toronto studies in philosophy
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Summary:"In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - dispels the discredit that standard versions of utilitarianism have invited."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:IX, 212 S.
ISBN:0802087329

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