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Name: Precedent Utilitarianism
ID: m14375
Language: English (en-gb)
Summary: An examination of the standard objections to Utilitarianism from the perspective of one particular sub-type: Precedent Utilitarianism
Subject: Social Sciences
Keywords: Philosophy Ethics Utilitarianism
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Douglas Reay (douglasr@chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Copyright Holders: Douglas Reay (douglasr@chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Maintainers: Douglas Reay (douglasr@chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Mar 10, 2007 7:54 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Mar 10, 2007 1:15 pm US/Central
Module XML: m14375_1.1.cnxml

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Version: 1.1 Mar 10, 2007 1:15 pm US/Central by Douglas Reay
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