Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill Audiobook

Written by John Stuart Mill
Read by Fleet Cooper
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Utilitarianism (UNABRIDGED)
by John Stuart Mill
Narrated by Fleet Cooper

LENGTH: 3 hrs and 6 mins
RELEASE DATE: 02-07-12
PUBLISHER: Audible, Inc.

Audible Editor Reviews

Listening to Fleet Cooper perform John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is like attending the lecture of a favorite philosophy professor. Though the ideas contained in this audiobook can be dense and complex, Cooper always sounds as though he’s speaking conversationally. His meter has a tone evocative of thinking aloud, which cordially draws the listener to the subject matter. In this famous treatise, Mill follows up on Jeremy Bentham’s efforts to redefine morality. He objects to Bentham’s hedonic calculus and argues that the “Greater Happiness Doctrine” is flawed, for one must take into account the inherent quality of one’s pleasure when determining its ethical value.

Publisher’s Summary

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

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