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Sidgwick and Contemporary Utilitarianism

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Mariko Nakano-Okuno

    1. The Ohio State University, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 1-6

  3. Sidgwick’s Theory of Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Scope of Ethics

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 9-15

    3. An Overview of The Methods of Ethics

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 16-28

    4. Three Methods, Intuition, and Commonsense

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 29-49

    5. Meta-Ethical Analyses

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 50-81

    6. Testing the Significance of Apparent Truths

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 82-90

    7. The Three Fundamental Principles

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 91-107

    8. Philosophical Foundations of Utilitarianism

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 108-154

  4. A Reexamination of Contemporary Utilitarianism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-159
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    2. An Approach not Appealing to Moral Intuition

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 161-188

    3. A Reappraisal of Hedonism

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 189-205

    4. Interpersonal Comparison and Maximization

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 206-222

    5. Reconciling the Dualism of Practical Reason

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 223-239

  5. Concluding Chapter

    1. Concluding Chapter

      • Mariko Nakano-Okuno
      Pages 240-244

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 245-270
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A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics – The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics.

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  • The Ohio State University, USA

    Mariko Nakano-Okuno

About the author

MARIKO NAKANO-OKUNO is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University, USA, and an award-winning philosopher/author in Japan. Her work includes 'Sidgwick and Kant: On the So-called 'Discrepancies' between Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics,' in Henry Sidgwick: Happiness and Religion, edited by Bucolo, Crisp & Schultz (2007).

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