Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was a moral philosopher , a politician and mostly a utilitarian who took the origins of his thought in John Stuart Mill’s and Bentham’s utilitarianism . The difference between those two and Sidgwick lies in the socialistic tendency of J.S. Mill and Bentham which Sidgwick refuses. In fact, he desires the same things for the society: that every one, the government as well as the citizens, act in order to create a better happiness for the individuals and for the all community; but he considers the socialist principle of realising the equality of happiness impossible and politically as well as economically wrong.

Henry Sidgwick is a major philosopher of Utilitarianism, as he is the successor of Jeremy Bentham, John and James Stuart Mill. The aim of this website is to present this philosopher, his written work and all the events organised arround him as well as the international research program of Utilitarian University Scholars.

 

First Book in French about SIDGWICK

POLITIQUES COMPAREES
Henry Sidgwick et la politique moderne dans les "Eléments Politiques"
Author:
Hortense GENINET

The book is available:
Librairie Vrin, Place de la Sorbonne, Paris Vè
Librairie DALLOZ, rue Soufflot, Paris V
Librairis Compagnie, rue des Ecoles, Paris V
Toute la Presse, Grande Rue,Château-thierry 02400
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Book Review by Placido BUCOLO
Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy
University of Catania Italy