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)