Rethinking Mill's Ethics - Character and Aesthetic Education

Informationen zum Autor Colin Heydt Klappentext Discussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. Colin Heydt's book unearths the rich context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers, in order to enrich the philosophical analysis of his ethics and to show a famous and misunderstood moralist in a new light. Zusammenfassung Discussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. This book unearths the context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Rethinking the Place of the Principle of Utility in Mill's Ethics Chapter 1: The Ethics of Aesthetics and Life as Art Chapter 2: Mill, Bentham, and 'Internal Culture' Chapter 3: Narrative, Imagination, and the Religion of Humanity in Mill's Ethics Chapter 4: Social and Political DImensions of Aesthetic Education: Family, Marriage, and Gender Relations Chapter 5: Social and Political Dimensions of Aesthetic Education: The Industrial Economy and the Workplace Conclusion Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Colin Heydt, Heydt Colin
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.06.2006
• EAN: 9780826486394
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8639-4
• Seiten: 174
• Serien: Continuum Studies in British P; Continuum Studies in British P; Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy