Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill
Category: Political
Tags: Political
Utilitarianism (UNABRIDGED) by John Stuart Mill Narrated by Fleet Cooper, LENGTH: 3 hrs and 6 mins RELEASE DATE: 02-07-12 PUBLISHER: Audible, Inc., Audible Editor Reviews, Listening to Fleet Cooper perform John Stuart Mills Utilitarianism is like attending the lecture of a favorite philosophy professor. Though the ideas contained in this audiobook can be dense and complex, Cooper always sounds as though hes speaking conversationally. His meter has a tone evocative of thinking aloud, which cordially draws the listener to the subject matter. In this famous treatise, Mill follows up on Jeremy Benthams efforts to redefine morality. He objects to Benthams hedonic calculus and argues that the Greater Happiness Doctrine is flawed, for one must take into account the inherent quality of ones pleasure when determining its ethical value., Publishers Summary, This expanded edition of John Stuart Mills Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the
