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Henry Sidgwick

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Henry Sidgwick


Born
in Skipton, Yorksire, England
May 31, 1838

Died
August 28, 1900

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Influences


Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death, and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a member of the Metaphysical Society and promoted the higher education of women. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence.

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The Methods of Ethics

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Outlines of the History of ...

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The Elements of Politics

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Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir

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Essays on Ethics and Method

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The Principles of Political...

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Philosophy, its scope and r...

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Methods Of Ethics: A Supple...

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“One has to kill a few of one’s natural selves to let the rest grow — a very painful slaughter of innocents.”
Henry Sidgwick

“The good of any one individual is of no more importance, from the point of view (if I may so say) of the Universe, than the good of any other; unless, that is, there are special grounds for believing that more good is likely to be realized in the one case than in the other.”
Henry Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics

“Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable. ...”
Henry Sidgwick

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