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Why Happiness Includes Fairness [electronic resource] : an Essay in Soft Utilitarian Ethics.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773443747 (electronic bk.)
  • 0773443746 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Happiness Includes Fairness : An Essay in Soft Utilitarian Ethics.DDC classification:
  • 158.1
LOC classification:
  • BF637.C5 .M384 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
WHY HAPPINESS INCLUDES FAIRNESS: An Essay in Soft Utilitarian Ethics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Of the Good in General; Chapter 2 -- Happiness (1); Chapter 3 -- Happiness (2); Chapter 4 -- Psychology and Morality; Chapter 5 -- Two Ends of Practical Reason, and the Relevance of Religion; Chapter 6 -- On Sexual Morality and the Coolidge Effect; Chapter 7 -- Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This is a study of ethical principles and theories. Dr. Meynell defines the good in ethical matters as depending in large part, although not entirely, on how an action effects the happiness of and the fairness to sentient beings. He calls this ""soft utilitarianism""
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WHY HAPPINESS INCLUDES FAIRNESS: An Essay in Soft Utilitarian Ethics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Of the Good in General; Chapter 2 -- Happiness (1); Chapter 3 -- Happiness (2); Chapter 4 -- Psychology and Morality; Chapter 5 -- Two Ends of Practical Reason, and the Relevance of Religion; Chapter 6 -- On Sexual Morality and the Coolidge Effect; Chapter 7 -- Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

This is a study of ethical principles and theories. Dr. Meynell defines the good in ethical matters as depending in large part, although not entirely, on how an action effects the happiness of and the fairness to sentient beings. He calls this ""soft utilitarianism""

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