Political Theory 101

Bentham, Mill, and the Utilitarians

Jan 3, 2021

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Interpretation of the Harm Principle

01:30

Balancing Egoism and Utilitarianism

01:48

Balancing Priorities: Politics, Morality, and Economics

01:46

Expanding the scope of utilitarianism

01:23

Introduction

5min

Is There a Naturalistic Fallacy?

2min

Is All Bachelors Unmarried?

5min

Utilitarianism and the Naturalists

4min

How Widely Do We Interpret the Harm Principle?

4min

Bentham's Panopticon

4min

Bentham's Vision of a Liberal British Empire

3min

The Utilitarianism of the World Economy

2min

Utilitarianism

5min

10.

Is There a Utilitarianism?

5min

11.

Mill's Empiricism Isn't Necessarily Egalitarian

3min

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Mill's Utilitarianism in the Bentham Period

2min

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The Utilitarian Moral Reasoning

4min

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Utilitarianism Is the Borg

4min

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The Moral Theory of Pleasure and Pain

3min

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The Good Is a Non-Natural Thing

2min

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Utilitarianism Under Derek Parfett

3min

18.

The Utilitarian Strategy for Making the World a Better Place

3min

19.

Utilitarianism and Altruism

3min

20.

The Game of Hot Potato - Where Does Morality Come From?

3min

21.

Utilitarianism

6min

22.

Trade Isn't as Bold as War

6min

23.

Coronavirus

3min

24.

Is Everything Affecting Everything?

2min

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Is Everything Equally Causative?

2min

26.

Is the Warring Side of Modernity or the Political Side?

2min

27.

The Big Robespierre Mistake Is to Change the Legitimation

5min

Edmund and Benjamin run through the history of utilitarianism, focusing both on its radical and conservative aspects and running through some of the problems utilitarians have grappled with. Featuring Sidgwick, Moore, Singer, and Parfit, among others...

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