The Contemporary Evolution and Reform of Utilitarianism
The Contemporary Evolution and Reform of Utilitarianism
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9819973627 | 391 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2.4 MB
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9819973627 | 391 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2.4 MB
This book is a monograph on contemporary utilitarianism, focusing on its evolving path and logic. It describes the evolution of utilitarianism from the classical model to the contemporary model and then summarizes the characteristics of contemporary utilitarianism, revealing its advantages and disadvantages. This book points out that the best characteristic of contemporary utilitarianism is to give up traditional view of individualism and take balanced attitude to the relationship between individual and community. The change makes the goal of contemporary utilitarianism from the pursuit of maximizing the sum of individual utilities to optimal social utility. Therefore, the contemporary utilitarianism gradually evolves a public philosophy with multiple interests structure, which provides a new way to solve the contradiction between personal interest and public interest.