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Can anyone suggest a book (or two) that would serve as a good introduction to consequentialism for the non-philosophy major?
I suppose good places to start would be Wikipedia and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, but let's say I want something longer form yet not too arcane.
John Stuart Mill wrote "Utilitarianism", which kind of kickstarted the whole mess. It's a skinny little book.
And out of copyright even in the U.S., which makes it available free online and cheap in print.
Thanks for the recommendation. I found an online copy here:
http://www.utilitarianism.com/mill1.htm
In addition, there's the work of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. It's even available as an audio book through Librivox.
John Stuart Mill is probably easier to read.