Books by Tim Mulgan

Imagine living in the future in a world already damaged by humankind, a world where resources are insufficient to meet everyone's basic needs. This title imagines how the future might judge us and how living in a time of global environmental degradation might reshape the politics and ethics of the future.

Utilitarianism is a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Offering utilitarianism as a living tradition, this book begins with a summary of utilitarianism of the 18th and 19th centuries. It traces the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the 20th century.