[澳]J.J.C.斯玛特,当代著名哲学家,学术上深受英国传统功利主义思想影响,其哲学教育完成于牛津大学,此后长年执教于澳大利亚阿德莱德大学和澳大利亚国立大学。
[英]伯纳德·威廉斯,当代道德哲学领域首屈一指的大师,早年在牛津大学研究哲学和古典学,曾先后担任伦敦大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学和加州大学伯克利分校的
Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the doctrine that the rightness and wrongness of actions is determined solely by their consequences, and in particular their consequences for the sum total of human happiness. This is a revised version of Professor Smart's famous essay 'an outline of a system of utilitarian ethics', first published in 1961 but long unobtainable. In Part II Bernard Williams offers a sustained and vigorous critique of utilitarian assumptions, arguments and ideals. He finds inadequate the theory of action implied by utilitarianism, and he argues that utilitarianism fails to engage at a serious level with the real problems of moral and political philosophy, and fails to make sense of notions such as integrity, or even human happiness itself. Both authors are agreed on utilitarianism's importance: it cuts across a number of different philosophical disputes and combines a systematic account of mata-ethical problems with a distinctive and substantive moral stand. It thus is, or involves, philosophy in both the traditional and the narrower, professional sense of the word, and is a key topic (often the first topic) in introductory philosophy courses. This book should also be of interest to welfare economists, political scientists and decision-theorists.
很难很难买到。书本身很好,两个人各说一半。斯马特和威廉斯各说一半。我个人赞同前者,尽管后者从学术声望上而言要知名得多。
通俗易懂
评分通俗易懂
评分两个正方反方的哲学家连terminology都不肯用一样的。是有多么固守自己的体系啊。不过话说回来,Great philosophers are all system builders, 所以也是可以理解了。
评分算是读过最经典的部分了,在大学有空读完吧
评分Outdated philosophy discussion
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