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- Utilitarian.org - An explanation of what utilitarianism is, its strong relationship to altruism, and a place to network to put the philosophy of utilitarianism into practice and thereby make the world a better place.
- Utilitarianism Resources - Classic utilitiarian texts; defending utilitarianism from its critics; its relation with collectivism and hedonism - and the ultimate aim of utilitarianism.
- 'Could Kant have been a Utilitarian?' - Provocative extract from the book Sorting Out Ethics by the late R. M. Hare. "Kant, I shall argue, could have been a utilitarian, though he was not. His formal theory can certainly be interpreted in a way that allows him - perhaps even requires him - to be one kind of utilitarian."
- 'Primer on the Elements and Forms of Utilitarianism' - Discussion about the varieties of utilitarianism, by R. N. Johnson. Utilitarianism is considered both as a theory of what is right and a theory of what is good.
- 'Utilitarianism' - Encyclopedia Britannica article, by Henry R. West.
- Negativity - Short essay - some critical thoughts on negative utilitarianism: proposing an understanding of "negative" as a matter of degree.
- Utilitarianism Glossary - Entries on utilitarian philosophers and terms by the Penguin Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Negative Utilitarianism, by Dan Geinster - A manifesto defending this variety of utilitarianism. Defends a multidimensional approach to measure magnitude of pain.
- 'Utilitarianism' - Classic presentation of utilitarianism, by one of its most prominent defenders, John Stuart Mill.
- Edmund Gurney (1847 - 1888) - Brief summary of the life of the first negative utilitarian, by Derek Greatrex.
Wikipedia Articles
- Total Utilitarianism - Total Utilitarianism is a method of applying utilitarianism to a group to work out what the best set of outcomes would beBroome on standard total's utilitarianism requires subscription. It assumes that the target utility is the maximum utility across the population based on adding all the separate utilities of each individual together.
- Act utilitarianism - Act utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics which states that the morally right action is the one which produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Act utilitarianism is opposed to rule utilitarianism, which states that the morally right action is the one that is in accordance with a moral rule whose general observance would create the most happiness.
- Average Utilitarianism - Average Utilitarianism is a method of applying utilitarianism to a group to work out what the best set of outcomes would be. It works on the basis that the best utility of a group is to achieve the highest average utility among that group's members Average Utilitarianism requires subscription.
- Preference utilitarianism - Preference utilitarianism is probably the most popular form of utilitarianism in contemporary philosophy. In the same way as other utilitarian theorists, preference utilitarians define a morally right action as that which produces the most favourable consequences for the people involved.
- Utilitarianism (book) - John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863.