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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
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/milljs.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
John Stuart Mill
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
John Stuart Mill: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/mill.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Biographies: John Stuart Mill
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Mill.htm)

Discussion of Bentham's life and philosophy by lawyer and lecturer Peter Landry
Mill links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Mill)

EpistemeLink link collection

For more information on Mill's view of the individual and the state see the links for Chapter 6.3.
Alastair Norcross

Alastair Norcross
(http://cohesion.rice.edu/humanities/phil/faculty.cfm?doc_id=1699)

Brief biography from Rice University
Trading Lives: Consequentialism, Deontology, and Inevitable Trade-offs
(http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/OApp/OAppFair.htm)

Article by Frank Fair (Sam Houston State University) responding to Norcross' discussion of consequentialism and speed limits; from Paideia
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