Thomas Nagel's Mortal Questions explores some fundamental issues concerning the meaning, nature and value of human life.

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's 'Utilitarianism' includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

Providing an introduction to political theory, this book includes discussion of literature on the various schools of thought. It also includes two new chapters on citizenship and multiculturalism, in addition to chapters on utilitarianism, liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, socialism, communitarianism, and feminism.

Widely acknowledged as the perfect introduction to ethics, this book presents in concise and accessible form an insightful yet exceptionally complete history of moral philosophy in the west from the Greeks to contemporary times.

The focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questions.

This book introduces and assesses Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism and its continuing importance to philosophical thought.