OutisinLICENTIA POETICABentham and the Development of Classical UtilitarianismHow Jeremy Bentham’s ideas laid the groundwork for classical utilitarianism and influenced subsequent thinkers like John Stuart Mill, while…Oct 11
Elliott StanleyOn John Stuart Mill, Tyranny of the Majority, and PlausibilityThemes, tensions, and longevity.Nov 24, 2023
Brandon ThropeUtilitarianismUtilitarians want to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.Jul 4Jul 4
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessAbelard’s Sic et NonAt some future date, you may want to read Peter Abelard’s famous treatise Sic et Non (1120) for a no-nonsense guide to critical thinking…May 1May 1
Steven YatesA Stoic Case Against CensorshipWe‘re definitely in an age of censorship. There’s not much hard censorship, I’ll call it. Not in the U.S., anyway, where almost no unwanted…May 7May 7
OutisinLICENTIA POETICABentham and the Development of Classical UtilitarianismHow Jeremy Bentham’s ideas laid the groundwork for classical utilitarianism and influenced subsequent thinkers like John Stuart Mill, while…Oct 11
Elliott StanleyOn John Stuart Mill, Tyranny of the Majority, and PlausibilityThemes, tensions, and longevity.Nov 24, 2023
Brandon ThropeUtilitarianismUtilitarians want to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.Jul 4
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessAbelard’s Sic et NonAt some future date, you may want to read Peter Abelard’s famous treatise Sic et Non (1120) for a no-nonsense guide to critical thinking…May 1
Steven YatesA Stoic Case Against CensorshipWe‘re definitely in an age of censorship. There’s not much hard censorship, I’ll call it. Not in the U.S., anyway, where almost no unwanted…May 7
Brandon LamanskyUtilitarianism: A Doctrine (not) for Swine and the Different Qualities of PleasureIn John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism, Mill mentions that his opponents have criticized the ethical theory of utilitarianism by asserting…Apr 24, 2018
IheringguedesJohn Stuart Mill: On the specific nature of his liberalism“That John Stuart Mill was a liberal is almost unquestioned, but scholars disagree on the specific nature of his liberalism […]…Apr 7
