Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert(English, Hardcover, Feldman Fred)

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Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert(English, Hardcover, Feldman Fred) is written by Feldman Fred and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521591554 (ISBN 10) and 9780521591553 (ISBN 13).

Fred Feldman is an important philosopher, who has made a substantial contribution to utilitarian moral philosophy. This collection of ten previously published essays plus a new introductory essay reveal the striking originality and unity of his views. Feldman's version of utilitarianism differs from traditional forms in that it evaluates behaviour by appeal to the values of accessible worlds. These worlds are in turn evaluated in terms of the amounts of pleasure they contain, but the conception of pleasure involved is a novel one and the formulation of hedonism improved. In Feldman's view pleasure is not a feeling but a propositional attitude. He also deals with problems of justice that affect standard forms of utilitarianism. The collection is ideally suited for courses on contemporary utilitarian theory.