Kaswan Happiness, Democracy, and the Cooperative Movement

The Radical Utilitarianism of William Thompson
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5205-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 319 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in New Political Science

Examines the political significance of ideas about happiness through the work of utilitarian philosophers William Thompson and Jeremy Bentham.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaswan, Mark J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction

Part I: What is Happiness?

1. The Two Faces of Happiness: A Brief History

2. Between Pleasure and Well-being: Bentham

3. William Thompson’s Social Happiness

Part II: The Politics of Happiness

4. Happiness and Utility

5. The Politics of Happiness and Democratic Principles

6. From Theory to Practice: Cooperatives, Happiness, and Democratic Social Change

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Laws and Objects of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, adopted 1844 (abridged)
Appendix 2: International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark J. Kaswan is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Brownsville and J. Robert Beyster and Michael W. Huber Fellow, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.