| domain | johnquiggin.com |
| summary | The text describes Henry Sidgwick's “Methods of Ethics” (1874), a foundational work in utilitarianism. It outlines Sidgwick’s interpretation of utilitarianism as the ethical theory that the “objectively right” action is that which produces the greatest amount of happiness overall, considering all affected individuals. The passage highlights that Sidgwick, within a few pages, established three key errors in this approach. The text then provides a chronological list of dates from December 2002 to September 2019, indicating the publication history of “Methods of Ethics” and its subsequent influence on the philosophical discourse surrounding utilitarianism. |
| title | John Quiggin – Commentary on Australian and world events from a socialist and democratic viewpoint |
| description | Commentary on Australian and world events from a socialist and democratic viewpoint |
| keywords | january, december, more, june, november, october, september, august, july, have, april, march, february, states, trump, john, comments |
| upstreams |
crookedtimber.org |
| downstreams |
substack.com, substackcdn.com, greens.org.au, smh.com.au, wordpress.com |
| nslookup | A 192.0.78.25, A 192.0.78.24 |
| created | 2024-02-26 |
| updated | 2026-01-20 |
| summarized | 2026-01-21 |
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