John Stuart Mill's On Liberty & Utilitarianism

source: Philosophical Overdose    2016年11月21日
Nigel Warburton reads a few short parts from his book "Philosophy: The Classics" on John Stuart Mill's political and ethical theory. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/... and his website here: http://virtualphilosopher.com. He also does the Philosophy Bites podcast with David Edmonds.

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (Philosophy Bites)

source: Philosophical Overdose    2016年11月19日
What are the acceptable limits of individual freedom? John Stuart Mill addressed this question in his classic defence of liberalism, On Liberty (1859). Richard Reeves briefly discusses Mill's On Liberty in this episode of Philosophy Bites. The podcast can be found here: http://philosophybites.com

A Course in Ethics by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler    2012年9月17日/上次更新：2016年1月2日
Lecture/discussion videos from my Ethics class sections. We start with discussing Emotivism and contrasting it with a Natural Law and Virtue Ethics Perspective, then move into Virtue Ethics, Egoism, Might Makes Right, and Contractarian moral theory as depicted in Plato's dialogues. After that we discuss ancient Hedonist and Stoic theories, then move into Utilitarianism with Bentham and Mill, followed by Deontology with Kant and Ross. Ethics of Care follows, as well as a return to Virtue Ethics with in-depth study of Aristotle, finishing with study of Thomas Aquinas' Natural Law moral theory.

Emotivism in Contemporary Culture: Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue ch. 2-3 1:36:39
Virtue Ethics and Emotivism: Alasdair MacIntyre and Jean-Paul Sartre 49:30
Might Makes Right? (Plato's Republic bk 1) 1:12:09
Ethics: Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 52:29
Is Justice Good? (Plato's Republic bk. 2) 1:06:31
Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness 58:55
Radical Revision of Moral Concepts (Hobbes, Leviathan - chapters 6 & 10-11) 1:03:48
The State of Nature and the Social Contract (Hobbes Leviathan, ch. 13-15) 55:46
The Soul's Parts (Plato's Republic bk. 4) 1:25:32
The Parts of the Soul, Their Pleasures, and Desires (Plato, Republic book 9) 59:15
Two Kinds of Hedonism (Aristippus and Epicurus) 1:07:34
Pain and Pleasure are the Masters (Jeremy Bentham, Introduction, ch. 1-5) 1:24:15
What a Person's Good For (Jeremy Bentham, Introduction, ch. 6-11) 1:33:05
Higher and Lower Pleasures (John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 1-2) 1:23:58
All About Utility (John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 3-5) 1:20:38
Mill's Qualitative Utilitarianism, Food, and the Culinary Arts: A Joint Presentation 1:07:01
Stoic Ethics (Epictetus' Enchiridion and Discourses) 1:32:05
Prima Facie Duties (W.D. Ross, The Right and the Good) 1:22:57
Duty as One's Only Motive (Immanuel Kant, Groundwork sec 1) 1:55:08
The Categorical Imperative (Immanuel Kant, Groundwork, sec. 2) 1:23:09
Heteronomy and Autonomy (Immanuel Kant, Groundwork, sec. 2-3) 1:06:05
Ethics of Care: Virginia Held, "Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory" 1:03:30
Care, Justice, or Both? (Rosemarie Tong, Gilligan's Ethics of Care) 1:02:44
Views on Happiness (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics bk.1) 1:45:18
What is Virtue? (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics bk.2) 1:07:12
When are We Responsible? (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, bk 3) 1:45:12
Particular Virtues and Vices (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics bk 3 and 4) 2:17:10
Kinds of Justice (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics bk. 5) 1:45:31
Self-Control, Akrasia, and Brutality (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, bk. 7) 1:28:23
Three Kinds of Friendship (Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics bk 8-9) 1:59:06
Human Happiness and God (Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IaIIae, q. 2-5) 1:51:22
Virtues Vices and Sins (Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IaIIae, q.55 and 71) 1:00:53
The Natural Law (Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IaIIae, q. 91 and 94) 1:43:31

19th Cent. Philosophy: John Stuart Mill by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2012年2月27日/上次更新：2015年1月25日
In this lecture/discussion video from my Spring 2012 Ethics classes at Marist College, we continue our discussion of Utilitarianism by moving from Bentham to J.S. Mill, starting his work Utilitarianism. We examine several main objections to that moral theory and Mill's responses, in particular his distinction between qualitatively higher and lower pleasures and pains

Higher and Lower Pleasures (John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 1-2) 1:23:58
Philosophy Core Concepts: J.S. Mill, Utilitarianism as the Basis for Other Moral Theories 15:46
All About Utility (John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, ch. 3-5) 1:20:38
Philosophy Core Concepts: J.S. Mill, Responses to Criticisms of Utilitarianism 25:42
Philosophy Core Concepts: John Stuart Mill, Qualitatively Higher and Lower Pleasures 19:50
Philosophy Core Concepts: John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Sanctions, and Duty 19:14
Philosophy Core Concepts: John Stuart Mill, Happiness, Goods, and Virtue 17:01
Mill's Qualitative Utilitarianism, Food, and the Culinary Arts: A Joint Presentation  1:07:01

Rick Roderick: Philosophy and Human Values

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source: The Partially Examined Life    2012年8月26日

Rick Roderick on Socrates and the Life of Inquiry [full length] 46:20
Rick Roderick on Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics [full length] 41:29
Rick Roderick on Kant and the Path to Enlightenment [full length] 44:03
Rick Roderick on John Stuart Mill on Liberty [full length] 44:14
Rick Roderick on Hegel and Modern Life [full length] 40:44
Rick Roderick on Nietzsche on Knowledge and Belief [full length] 44:33
Rick Roderick on Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit [full length] 46:27
Rick Roderick on Philosophy and Postmodern Culture [full length] 33:57

Foundations of Modern Social Theory (Fall 2009, Yale U) by Iván Szelényi

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source: YaleCourses        Last updated on 2014年7月2日

Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151)

This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

1. Introduction 45:52
2. Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order 42:56
3. Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent 45:23
4. The Division of Powers- Montesquieu 44:13
5. Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will 40:28
6. Rousseau on State of Nature and Education 44:02
7. Utilitarianism and Liberty, John Stuart Mill 42:15
8. Smith: The Invisible Hand 46:30
9. Marx's Theory of Alienation 48:04
10. Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (1) 50:24
11. Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.) 48:53
12. Marx's Theory of History 51:30
13. Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation 51:13
14. Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality 46:18
15. Freud on Sexuality and Civilization 53:29
16. Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism 51:15
17. Conceptual Foundations of Weber's Theory of Domination 52:46
18. Weber on Traditional Authority 50:18
19. Weber on Charismatic Authority 49:26
20. Weber on Legal-Rational Authority 47:54
21. Weber's Theory of Class 44:38
22. Durkheim and Types of Social Solidarity 37:39
23. Durkheim's Theory of Anomie 46:42
24. Durkheim on Suicide 50:49
25. Durkheim and Social Facts 51:09