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1. On Courage

   By Geoffrey Scarre

   Series: Thinking in Action

   What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most universally admired virtues? How is it relevant in the world today, and what contemporary forms does it take? In this insightful and crisply written book, Geoffrey Scarre examines these questions and many more. He begins by defining courage,...

   Published March 30th 2010 by Routledge
2. Utilitarianism

   By Geoffrey Scarre

   Series: Problems of Philosophy

   Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth. Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utility' from the moralists of the ancient world,...

   Published May 29th 1996 by Routledge
3. Utilitarianism

   By Geoffrey Scarre

   Series: Problems of Philosophy

   Surveying the historical development and the present condition of utilitarian ethics, Geoffrey Scarre examines the major philosophers from Lao Tzu in the fifth century BC to Richard Hare in the twentieth. Utilitarianism traces the 'doctrine of utility' from the moralists of the ancient world,...

   Published May 29th 1996 by Routledge