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This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

The Utilitarianism: and the 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment

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Paperback / softback by John Stuart Mill , George Sher

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    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 15/06/2002
    ISBN13: 9780872206052, 978-0872206052
    ISBN10: 087220605X

    Number of Pages: 88

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

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