© Columbia University Press
April, 1998
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-1042-6
Edinburgh University Press
$98.00
This volume presents a comprehensive statement in defense of the doctrine known as classical, hedonistic, utilitarianism. It is presented as a viable alternative in the search for a moral theory and the claim is defended that we need such a theory. Torbjörn Tännsjö challenges the assumption that hedonistic utilitarianism is at variance with common sense morality particularly as viewed through the perspective of the modern feminist moral critique.