A new approach to utilitarianism : a unified utilitarian theory and its application to distributive justice / by C.L. Sheng.
- Title
- A new approach to utilitarianism : a unified utilitarian theory and its application to distributive justice / by C.L. Sheng.
- Published by
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1991.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 572 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series statement
- Theory and decision library. Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ; v. 5
- Uniform title
- Theory and decision library. Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ; v. 5.
- Subject
- Contents
- A particular interpretation of utilitarianism -- Basic principles -- A theory of value -- Dicision-making and moral action -- Moral judgment and justification -- Comparisons with other theories -- Summary, refutation of objections, and a general view -- The general distribution problem and distributive justice -- Maximization of utility and the objective function -- The constraint -- Interpretation of measures of deviation from ideal -- A proposal of contribution as a pattern for distribution -- Comment on free-market, libertarianism, Nozick and Rawls -- Randomness and distribution -- Income tax, social welfare, salary systems and private property -- General social welfare functions and an overall picture.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain