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51Utilitarianism — • A modern form of the Hedonistic ethical theory which teaches that the end of human conduct is happiness, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain Catholic Encyclopedia.… …
52HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …
53Bernard Williams — For other people named Bernard Williams, see Bernard Williams (disambiguation). Bernard Williams Full name Bernard Williams Born 21 September 1929(1929 09 21) Westcliff on Sea, Essex …
54Utilitarianism (book) — John Stuart Mill s book Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single… …
55Two-level utilitarianism — is a utilitarian theory of ethics developed by R. M. Hare.cite book |last=McNaughton |first=David A. |title=Moral Vision |year=1988 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |pages=177 |isbn=0631159452] According to the theory, a person s moral decisions… …
56utilitaire — [ ytilitɛr ] adj. et n. m. • 1831; de utilité, par l angl. utilitarian (1781) 1 ♦ Philos. Qui professe, ou qui concerne l utilitarisme philosophique. ⇒ utilitariste. Morale utilitaire. 2 ♦ Qui vise à l utile. Véhicules utilitaires : camions,… …
57Jurisprudence — For the jurisprudence of courts, see Case law. Philosophers of law ask what is law? and what should it be? Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists (including legal philosophers and social… …
58List of utilitarians — This is an incomplete list of advocates of utilitarianism.*John Austin [ The Province of Jurisprudence Determined , London, 1832.] *Jeremy Bentham [ Essay on Utilitarianism, Long Version , in Amnon Goldworth (ed.), Deontology; together with A… …
59folk art — folk art, adj. folk artist. artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as …
60ivory carving — Carving of ivory into decorative or utilitarian objects. It has flourished since prehistoric times. Most Stone Age carvings have been found in southern France, in the forms of small nude female figures and animals. A masterpiece of early Egyptian …
