John Stuart Mill e Pedro Galvão - Utilitarismo e Ensaios sobre Bentham

"Stuart Mill, one of the founders of modern ethics, produced a work that continues to spark a central debate in philosophical thought. Utilitarianism, initially conceived by Jeremy Bentham, is a naturalistic ethical theory about the foundations of morality, which argues that moral action must seek to maximize, impartially, the happiness of all, that is, it must seek the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Alongside works such as Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, or Hobbes' Leviathan, this text by Stuart Mill is one of the most important texts in moral thought. ***

This edition has been translated and annotated, and also includes an excellent introduction by Professor Pedro Galvão."