Utilitarianism As a Way of Life: Re-envisioning Planetary Happiness - Couverture souple

Schultz, Bart

 
9781509552276: Utilitarianism As a Way of Life: Re-envisioning Planetary Happiness
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ISBN 10 : 1509552278 ISBN 13 : 9781509552276
Editeur : Polity Press, 2024

Synopsis

Utilitarianism - a commitment to 'the greatest happiness for the greatest number' - has been the target of endless opposition. According to its critics, it ignores the separateness of persons, cannot secure the protections of basic rights, demands extreme sacrifice, can justify anything - the list goes on. It has been implicated in the horrors of settler colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism, both historically and today, as the neoliberal world order faces a profound legitimation crisis.

Bart Schultz argues that utilitarian philosophy must be decolonized and reimagined for the current moment: a time of new and looming existential threats, in a world desperate for social change. Where dominant ethical and political approaches have failed to adequately deal with the enormous challenges we face, utilitarianism - as a set of lived practices, not simply a theoretical construction - may hold out some hope of seriously addressing them. Drawing on alternatives to the well-known Eurocentric story of utilitarianism (and an extensive review and critique of that story) and incorporating the works of Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Derek Parfit, Martha Nussbaum, and other major philosophers, Schultz crafts a groundbreaking new framework of utilitarianism born of struggle and resistance.

Utilitarianism as a Way of Life is an essential text for scholars and students of philosophy, political science, economics, decolonization studies, gender studies, psychology, environmental studies, and related fields.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bart Schultz is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Chicago.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509552278
ISBN 13 
9781509552276
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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Personne responsable
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9781509552269: Utilitarianism As a Way of Life: Re-envisioning Planetary Happiness

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ISBN 10 :  150955226X ISBN 13 :  9781509552269
Editeur : Polity Press, 2024
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