Bentham and His Offspring: Alternative Approaches to the Utilitarian Conception of Rationality (and Why It May Not Constitute a Path to a Meaningful Life)
This article provides an overview of the utilitarian concept of the rationality from Jeremy Bentham's perspective, who formulated in the nineteenth century the classical definition of utilitarian rationality as a “hedonistic calculus”. This concept was then articulated in the intellectual tradi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/124925 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124925 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | B10 B41 Anti-utilitarianism Philosophy of the social sciences Rationality Utilitarianism Anti-utilitarismo Filosofía de la ciencia Racionalidad Utilitarismo Historia económica Teorías económicas 5308.01 Metodología Económica |
| Sumario: | This article provides an overview of the utilitarian concept of the rationality from Jeremy Bentham's perspective, who formulated in the nineteenth century the classical definition of utilitarian rationality as a “hedonistic calculus”. This concept was then articulated in the intellectual traditions of Cambridge and Oxford, but advanced by Australian and American philosophers. The article evaluates four key criticisms of the classical utilitarian framework and finally draws some conclusions, casting doubts on its adequacy as a guide to meaningful human life |
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