The Blackwell Guide to Mill''s Utilitarianism
ISBN: 9780470776483
Platform/Publisher: WOL / Wiley-Blackwell
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Humanities; Philosophy;

The Blackwell Guide to Mill's Utilitarianism volume is an ideal commentary for students on Mill's classic essay.

Contains the complete text of Utilitarianism and twelve related essays.
Essays cover the background to Mill's classic essay, analyses of the arguments, and contemporary debates within the utilitarian tradition.
Also includes a case study demonstrating the application of utilitarian theory to military or non-violent responses to terrorism.
Each contribution is an original essay written by a specialist at the cutting edge of philosophical scholarship.


Henry R. West is Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics (2004), Moral Philosophy: Classic Texts and Contemporary Problems (1977), and articles in journals and encyclopedias on John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism.
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