Utilitarianism and Malthus' Virtue Ethics: Respectable, Virtuous and Happy

ISBN-13: 9780367669492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 206 str.

Sergio Cremaschi

Opis

The die-hard image of Malthus the ogre has not completely disappeared yet. And yet, Malthus showed no less concern than Adam Smith for the labouring poor. In order to make full sense of such expression of concern and to appraise their relevance in Malthus’s work, we need to know what moral philosophy, what view of natural science, and what view

Recenzje

Winner of the ESHET 2015 Best Book Prize.

Spis treści

1. Malthus the Utilitarian vs. Malthus the Christian moral thinker 2. Eighteenth-century Anglican ethics 3. Malthus’s meta-ethics 4. Malthus’s early normative ethics: a morality of freedom 5. Malthus’s intermediate normative ethics: a morality of prudence 6. Malthus’s mature normative ethics: a morality of humanity 7. Malthus’s applied ethics 8. Conclusions: strengthening the theological foundation

O autorze

Sergio Cremaschi is a Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Department of Humanities, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy