| The Philosophical Journey, 2/e William Lawhead,
The University of Mississippi
The Search for Ethical Values Utilitarianism
Topical links
Jeremy Bentham
| Bentham, Jeremy
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/b2.htm#bent)
Brief biography by Garth Kemerling | | | | Bentham, Jeremy
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/b/bentham.htm)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article | | | | Benthamism
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02482b.htm)
Catholic Encyclopedia article | | | | Biographies: Jeremy Bentham
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Bentham.htm)
Discussion of Bentham's life and philosophy by lawyer and lecturer Peter Landry | | | | The Bentham Project
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/)
Biography, online texts, etc.; maintained by Irena Nicoll (University College London) | | | | Bentham
(http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/het/bentham/bentham)
Discussion of Bentham's influence by John Stuart Mill | | | | Bentham links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Bent)
EpistemeLink link collection |
Consequentialism
| Consequentialism
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/c7.htm#csqm)
Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling | | | | Consequentialist Theories of Obligation
(http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~tlockha/h2700consequentialism.doc)
Overview by Ted Lockhart (Michigan Tech University) | | | | Consequentialism
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/c/conseque.htm)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article |
Intrinsic/inherent vs. instrumental value
| Intrinsic Value and the Isolation Test
(http://www.tamucc.edu/~sencerz/intrinsic.htm)
Brief account of distinction between intrinsic and instrumental value, a test for intrinsic value, and different views on what has intrinsic value by Stefan Sencerz (Texas A&M) | | | | Inherent and Instrumental Value
(http://online.uis.edu/spring2000/phi452/private/class10/page01.htm)
Overview of the distinction by Piotr Boltuc (University of Illinois at Springfield) | | | | Inherent and Instrumental Values in Ethics
(http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Valu/ValuRiuk.htm)
Article by Stanley Riukas (West Chester University) in Paideia |
Utilitarianism
| Utilitarianism
(http://www.mit.edu/~shaslang/2400-01/util(mill)01.html)
Overview notes by Sally Haslanger (MIT) | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/utilitarianism.htm)
Discussion from Faithnet | | | | Greatest Happiness Principle
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/g9.htm#grhp)
Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15241c.htm)
Catholic Encyclopedia article | | | | Notes on Utilitarianism
(http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/util.htm)
Overview discussion by Charles D. Kay (Wofford College) | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/presentations/Theory/Utilitarianism/index_files/frame.html)
PowerPoint presentation by Lawrence Hinman (University of San Diego) | | | | Mill's Ethics
(http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/phi001/millec.htm)
Lecture notes from a 1994 intro to philosophy course by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis) | | | | John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/mill.html)
Reflections by Gordon L. Ziniewicz | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://core.ecu.edu/phil/mccartyr/1175/util1.htm)
Lecture notes by Prof. McCartyr (East Carolina University) | | | | Philosophy 361 Course Materials: Lectures on Mill's Utilitarianism
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdarwall/Phil361b.html)
Lecture notes for an ethics course, including 5 on Mill's ethics, by Szephen Darwall (University of Michigan) | | | | Utilitarian.org
(http://utilitarian.org/one.html)
Collection of links on utilitarianism with focus on altruistic implications | | | | Utilitarianism
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/theories/Utilitarianism/index.html)
Collection of video resources, links, bibliography, etc.; from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego) |
Rule utilitarianism
| Rule utilitarianism
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/r9.htm#rulu)
Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling | | | | Rule Utilitarianism
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/ruleutil.htm)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article |
Bentham's hedonic calculus
| Hedonic Calculus
(http://www.utilitarianism.com/hedcalc.htm)
Definition from The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy | | | | The Hedonic Calculus
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/hedoniccalculusohp.htm)
Discussion from Faithnet | | | | Bentham's Hedonic Calculus
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/hedonic.html)
Worksheet for calculating by Gordon L. Ziniewicz |
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