Utilitarianism; for and against

An outline of a system of utilitarian ethics / J. J. C. Smart:

1. Introductory

2. Act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism

3. Hedonistic and non-hedonistic utilitarianism

4. Average happiness versus total happiness

5. Negative utilitarianism

6. Rightness and wrongness of actions

7. The place of rules in act-utilitarianism

8. Simple application of game-theory technique

9. Utilitarianism and the future

10. Utilitarianism and justice

A critique of utilitarianism / Bernard Williams:

I. Introductory

2. The structure of consequentialism

3. Negative responsibility : and two examples

4. Two kinds of remoter effect

5. Integrity

6. The indirect pursuit of utility

7. Social choice