The Classical Utilitarians (Hackett Classics)

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other writings, including the complete text of his Remarks on Bentham's Philosophy. The selection from Mill's A System of Logic is of special relevance to the debate between those who read Mill as an Act-Utilitarian and those who interpret him as a Rule-Utilitarian.

Also included are selections from the writings of Jeremy Bentham, founder of modern Utilitarianism and mentor (together with James Mill) of John Stuart Mill. Bentham's Principles of Morals and Legislation had important effects on political and legal reform in his own time and continues to provide insights for political theorists and philosophers of law. Seven chapters of Bentham's Principles are here in their entirety, together with a number of shorter selections, including one in which Bentham repudiates the slogan often used to characterize his philosophy: The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number.

John Troyer's Introduction presents the central themes and arguments of Bentham and Mill and assesses their relevance to current discussions of Utilitarianism. The volume also provides indexes, a glossary, and notes.

• Nicomachean Ethics
• Principia Ethica (Principles of Ethics) (Philosophical Classics)
• Gorgias (Hackett Classics)
• On Law, Morality and Politics, 2nd Edition (Hackett Classics)
• Nicomachean Ethics
• The Handbook (The Encheiridion) (Hackett Classics)
• Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: with On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns (Hackett Classics)
• The Methods of Ethics, 7th Edition (Hackett Classics)
• The Right And The Good (British Moral Philosophers)
• Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals