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Bentham and the Ethics of Hope

Quinn, Malcolm (2023) Bentham and the Ethics of Hope. In: ISUS 2023 - Utilitarianism and the Philosophy of Today, 5-7 July 2023, Luiss University, Rome.

Type of Research: Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item
Creators: Quinn, Malcolm
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This paper was delivered at the the sixteenth conference of the International Society for Utilitarin Studies in Rome, held from 5-7 July 2023.

My first claim in this paper was that Bentham shifts the ethical question of hope from ‘can hope be virtuous?’, to ‘how can we talk about hope in a way that preserves and maintains hope?’ My second claim was that Bentham accomplishes this shift in the ethical orientation of hope through the identification of hope as a fictitious entity. Rather than continuing with an ethics of hope that asks us to face up to the illusion of enjoyment, Bentham’s ethics asks us to face up to the reality of enjoyment, that is, how the fictitious entity of hope structures our experience.

Official Website: https://www.luiss.it/evento/2023/07/05/isus-utilitarianism-philosophy-today
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts
Date: 7 July 2023
Event Location: Luiss University, Rome
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2025 11:24
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2025 11:24
Item ID: 23228
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23228

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