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Griffin, James. Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement and Importance. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. A sober statement and defence of utilitarianism by a contemporary philosopher. Mackie, John L. Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong. London: Penguin, 1977. Has a useful chapter on utilitarianism. Quinton, Anthony. Utilitarian Ethics. London: Duckworth, 2d ed., 1989. A short historical survey of utilitarian thinkers. Scheffler, Samuel, ed. Consequentialism and its Critics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. A collection of articles attacking utilitarianism from a wide variety of positions. Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. An application of utilitarian principles to a wide variety of moral problems. Smart, J. J. C., and Williams, Bernard. Utilitarianism: For and Against. London: Cambridge University Press, 1973. Two essays, one defending act utilitarianism and the other attacking utilitarianism.
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