Author: John Grote; Joseph Bickersteth Mayor [ed.]
Title: An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy
Description: Cambridge, Deighton, Bell and Co, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the uncommon first edition of John Grote's criticism of John Stuart Mill's philosophy of utilitarianism. The uncommon first edition of this work.The work of English moral philosopher and Anglican clergyman John Grote. Posthumously published, the work was edited and prepared for publication by the author's nephew in law, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor.Described by Schneewind as 'probably the most meticulous philosophical scrutiny' of John Stuart Mill's philosophy of utilitarianism. Grote offers a counter to Mill's concepts of happiness and pleasure, and their relation to morality. Grote advocates for a different view of happiness, and contends that questions of morality and justice should be based upon lived realities, rather than more abstract concepts and principles.With a twelve page catalogue to the rear, dated July 1869.With the former owner's inscription of W. G. Maclagan to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses of cloth. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: john stuart mill utilitarianism philosophy Joseph Bickersteth Mayor utilitarianism None


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