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| Author | John Stuart Mill |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Ethics |
Publication date | 1863 |
| Text | Utilitarianism at Wikisource |
Utilitarianism is an 1861 essay written by English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill, considered to be a classic exposition and defence of utilitarianism in ethics. It was originally published as a series of three separate articles in Fraser's Magazine in 1861 before it was collected and reprinted as a single work in 1863.[1] The essay explains utilitarianism to its readers and addresses the numerous criticism against the theory during Mill's lifetime. It was heavily criticized upon publication; however, since then, Utilitarianism gained significant popularity[2] and has been considered "the most influential philosophical articulation of a liberal humanistic morality that was produced in the nineteenth century."[3]
- ^ Mill, John Stuart (1863). Utilitarianism (1 ed.). London: Parker, Son & Bourn, West Strand. Retrieved 6 June 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ Henry Sidgwick, Outlines of the History of Ethics. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1988, p. 245. (Originally published in 1902.)
- ^ J. B. Schneewind, "John Stuart Mill," in Paul Edwards, ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, vol. 5. New York: Macmillan, 1967, p. 319.