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Economic Justice and Liberty The Social Philosophy in John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism
By Huei-chun Su
Copyright 2013
236 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
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This new book reopens the debate on theories of justice between utilitarian theorists and scholars from other camps. John Rawls’ 1971 publication of A Theory of Justice put forward a devastating challenge to the long-established dominance of utilitarianism within political and moral philosophy, and until now no satisfactory and comprehensive utilitarian reply has yet been put forward.
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Introduction Part I: Scientific Foundationi of Mill's Philosophy 1. Epistemological and Psychological Foundations of Mill's Utilitarian Moral Philosophy Part II: Utilitarianism as Moral Philosophy and Theory of Justice 2. Mill's Utilitarianism as a System of Moral Philosophy 3. Mill's Utilitarianism as a Theory of Morality 4. Reconstructing Mill's Theory of Justice 5. Economic Justice, Liberty and Utilitarianism Part III: Dialogues - Justice and Liberty in Focus 6. Rawls versus Mill 7. Sen versus Mill 8. Hayek versus Mill Part IV: Conclusions 9. Prospect: The Continuing Relevance of Mill's Utilitarianism Theory
Biography
Huei-Chun Su is an Honorary Research Associate at the Bentham Project, University College London, UK.
"For those who are inclined to discount John Stuart Mill as an erratic and eclectic thinker, Economic justice and liberty should be required reading. The book belongs to a steadily growing class of scholarly works which interpret Mill with sympathy and a solid cognizanc of his writings, and which confirm J. O. Urmson’s judgement that if one studies his work diligently, 'an essentially consistent thesis can be discovered which is very superior to that usually attributed to Mill and immune to the common run of criticisms' (Urmson 1953, 33). The author of this highly readable book, Huei-chun Su, goes even further than Urmson." - Michael Schefczuk, Leuphana University Lüneburg
