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4 giorni fa · Hayes draws together three papers that would not normally be thought together, by Henry Sidgwick from 1885, Halford Mackinder from 1887, and James Frazer from 1921, each addressing ‘scope and method’ or ‘scope and methods’ in philosophy, geography, and anthropology, respectively.
13 ore fa · The tradition of modern utilitarianism began with Jeremy Bentham, and continued with such philosophers as John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, R. M. Hare, and Peter Singer. The concept has been applied towards social welfare economics , questions of justice , the crisis of global poverty , the ethics of raising animals for food , and the importance of avoiding existential risks to humanity.
1 giorno fa · A more characteristic and important case is that of Henry Sidgwick. He, and those who thought as he did, were anxious to examine the evidence for Christianity with complete scientific impartiality. They differed in their own conclusions, and his own opinions were for many years fluctuating and unsettled.
4 giorni fa · A member of the Liberal Party and author of the early feminist work The Subjection of Women, Mill was also the second member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage after Henry Hunt in 1832.
4 giorni fa · Its formation was the first systematic effort to organize scientists and scholars to investigate paranormal phenomena. Early membership included philosophers, scholars, scientists, educators and politicians, such as Henry Sidgwick, Arthur Balfour, William Crookes, Rufus Osgood Mason, and Nobel Laureate Charles Richet.
26 giu 2024 · Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death, and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics.
15 giu 2024 · Adam Smith (baptized June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland—died July 17, 1790, Edinburgh) was a Scottish social philosopher and political economist, instrumental in the rise of classical liberalism. Adam Smith is a towering figure in the history of economic thought. Known primarily for a single work— An Inquiry into the Nature ...
