Utilitarianism and the New Liberalism / D. Weinstein.
In this study, David Weinstein argues that nineteenth-century English New Liberalism was considerably more indebted to classical English utilitarianism than the received view holds. T.H. Green, L.T. Hobhouse, D.G. Ritchie and J.A. Hobson were liberal consequentialists who followed J.S. Mill in tryin...
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| Series: | Ideas in context ;
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| Summary: | In this study, David Weinstein argues that nineteenth-century English New Liberalism was considerably more indebted to classical English utilitarianism than the received view holds. T.H. Green, L.T. Hobhouse, D.G. Ritchie and J.A. Hobson were liberal consequentialists who followed J.S. Mill in trying to accommodate robust, liberal moral rights with the normative goal of promoting self-realisation. Through careful interpretation of each, Weinstein shows how these theorists brought together themes from idealism, perfectionism and especially utilitarianism to create the new liberalism. Like Mill, they were committed to liberalising consequentialism and systematising liberalism. Because they were no less consequentialists than they were liberals, they constitute a greatly undervalued resource, Mill notwithstanding, for contemporary moral philosophers who remain dedicated to defending a coherent form of liberal consequentialism. The New Liberals had already travelled much of the philosophical ground that contemporary liberal consequentialists are unknowingly retravelling. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521875288 0521875285 9780511371103 0511371101 9780511490781 051149078X 1107182069 9781107182066 0511369085 9780511369087 1281156264 9781281156266 9786611156268 6611156267 0511370636 9780511370632 0511370105 9780511370106 0511369581 9780511369582 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511490781 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |