{"product_id":"utilitarianism-as-a-way-of-bart-schultz-9781509552276","title":"Utilitarianism as a Way of Life: Re-Envisioning Planetary Happiness","description":"Utilitarianism - a commitment to 'the greatest happiness for the greatest number' - has been the target of endless opposition. According to its critics, it ignores the separateness of persons, cannot secure the protections of basic rights, demands extreme sacrifice, can justify anything - the list goes on. It has been implicated in the horrors of settler colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism, both historically and today, as the neoliberal world order faces a profound legitimation crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBart Schultz argues that utilitarian philosophy must be decolonized and reimagined for the current moment: a time of new and looming existential threats, in a world desperate for social change. Where dominant ethical and political approaches have failed to adequately deal with the enormous challenges we face, utilitarianism - as a set of lived practices, not simply a theoretical construction - may hold out some hope of seriously addressing them. Drawing on alternatives to the well-known Eurocentric story of utilitarianism (and an extensive review and critique of that story) and incorporating the works of Peter Singer, Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, Derek Parfit, Martha Nussbaum, and other major philosophers, Schultz crafts a groundbreaking new framework of utilitarianism born of struggle and resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtilitarianism as a Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential text for scholars and students of philosophy, political science, economics, decolonization studies, gender studies, psychology, environmental studies, and related fields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bart Schultz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509552278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509552276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bart Schultz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136315511039,"sku":"9781509552276","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b619a77e-c194-481f-a1c9-f0b33499a917.jpg?v=1726416320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/utilitarianism-as-a-way-of-bart-schultz-9781509552276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}