Liberal Utilitarianism : Social Choice Theory and J. S. Mill's Philosophy (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Social Choice Theory and Utilitarianism: 2. Arrow's ordinal utilitarian social welfare functions; 3. The Benthamite utilitarian social welfare functional; 4. Some criticisms of Benthamite utilitarianism; 5. The liberal utilitarian generalised social welfare functional; 6. An ideal utilitarian social welfare functional; Part II. Mills Utilitarianism: 8. Distinct kinds of utility; 9. Utility in the largest sense; Part III. Some Implications for Liberal Democratic Theory: 10. Responses to Gibbard's rights-exercising paradox; 11. Responses to Sen's Paretian liberal paradox; 12. On the design of democratic political institutions; 13. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.