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Equal Freedom and Utility David Weinstein (Wake Forest University, North Carolina)

Equal Freedom and Utility By David Weinstein (Wake Forest University, North Carolina)

Equal Freedom and Utility by David Weinstein (Wake Forest University, North Carolina)


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This rich and provocative study is the first to examine Herbert Spencer's critical role in the development of liberal utilitarian moral and political philosophy in the nineteenth century. While several scholars correctly see Mill as a founder of liberal utilitarianism, none have appreciated Spencer's equally important formative role.

Equal Freedom and Utility Summary

Equal Freedom and Utility: Herbert Spencer's Liberal Utilitarianism by David Weinstein (Wake Forest University, North Carolina)

This rich and provocative study assesses Herbert Spencer's pivotal contribution to the emergence of liberal utilitarianism and shows that Spencer, as much as J. S. Mill, provided liberal utilitarianism with its formative contours. Like Mill, Spencer tried to reconcile a principle of liberty and strong moral rights with a utilitarian, maximizing theory of good. In this powerful and sympathetic account, David Weinstein argues that Spencer's moral and political thought exhibits greater systematic integrity than received views of his thought acknowledge. However, Weinstein also examines the problems and flaws in Spencer's version of liberal utilitarianism, and shows that, precisely because of these flaws, it is engaging and deserving of our critical attention. This challenging study will be of interest to graduates and scholars in the fields of political theory, moral and political philosophy, and the history of political thought.

Equal Freedom and Utility Reviews

'Weinstein effectively dispels the longstanding view of Spencer as a relic of a bygone age. His restatement of Spencer's theory as a contribution to recent 'liberal utilitarian' thought does much to bring him to life and makes this book essential reading for contemporary political theorists.' Political Studies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Social evolution; 2. Social evolution and the moral psychology of equal freedom; 3. Equal freedom and moral rights; 4. Moral rights and utility; 5. The logical coherence of Spencer's liberal utilitarianism; 6. Spencer's ethical reasoning; 7. Land nationalization and property; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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NLS9780521026864
9780521026864
0521026865
Equal Freedom and Utility: Herbert Spencer's Liberal Utilitarianism by David Weinstein (Wake Forest University, North Carolina)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2006-11-02
252
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