01416 a2200241 4500 1138871397 20250317100406.0 250312042015GB eng 9781138871397 Taylor & Francis GBP 52.99 BB 01 eng QDTQ thema HPQ bic PHI000000 bisac 171.5 bisac Matti Hayry Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics 1 Oxford Routledge 20150427 224 p Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics explores the foundations of early utilitarianism and, at the same time, the theoretical bases of social ethics and policy in modern Western welfare states. Matti Hayry sees the main reason for utilitarianism's growing disrepute among moral philosophers is that its principles cannot legitimately be extended to situations where the basic needs of the individuals involved are in conflict. He is able to formulate a solution to this fundamental problem by arguing convincingly that by combining a limited version of liberal utilitarianism and the methods of applied ethics, we are able to define our moral duties and rights. Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics will appeal to students and teachers of philosophy who are interested in the doctrine of utilitarianism or in ethical decison-making. 1753 1753