A History of Utilitarian Ethics

Samuel Hollander is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Canada, and an Officer in the Order of Canada.

Contents

PART I: JOHN LOCKE

Chapter 1: John Locke, Utilitarian Ethics and the Moral Sense

PART II: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MORAL-SENSE LITERATURE

Chapter 2: Lord Shaftesbury, Utilitarian Ethics and the Moral Sense

Chapter 3: Two Shaftesbury Critics: Bernard Mandeville and John Brown

Chapter 4: Francis Hutcheson and the Hutcheson-Locke Relationship

Chapter 5: David Hume, Utilitarian Ethics, the Moral Sense and Distributive Justice

Chapter 6: C.A.Helvétius and David Hartley: Utilitarian Ethics and the Moral Sense

PART III: ADAM SMITH

Chapter 7: Utilitarian Ethics in The Theory Of Moral Sentiments

Chapter 8: Utilitarian Ethics and Distributive Justice in The Wealth Of Nations

PART IV: JEREMY BENTHAM

Chapter 9: Bentham, Utilitarian Ethics and Distributive Justice

Chapter 10: Bentham in Relation To Locke and the Eighteenth-Century Literature

PART V: THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS

Chapter 11: Malthus and the Utilitarians

Chapter 12: Malthus, Distributive Justice and the Equality Issue

PART VI: JOHN STUART MILL

Chapter 13: Mill, Distributive Justice and Reform

Chapter 14: Mill, Ethical Progress and Personal Liberty

Chapter 15: Mill and The Moral Sense: The Return to Bentham (And Hutcheson)