Mill's Utilitarianism › Further Reading

- Mill's *On Liberty*, the companion piece to *Utilitarianism*, applying the same framework to political philosophy and the proper limits of state power. - Peter Singer's *Practical Ethics*, the most influential contemporary utilitarian extending Mill's logic to controversial conclusions about animal rights, global poverty, and bioethics. - Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams (eds.), *Utilitarianism and Beyond*, a collection of essays by philosophers sympathetic and hostile to utilitarian ethics, including Williams' classic objections. - Henry Sidgwick's *The Methods of Ethics*, the most rigorous nineteenth-century statement of utilitarianism, exploring tensions between egoism, common-sense morality, and impartial consequentialism. - Derek Parfit's *Reasons and Persons*, a modern classic exploring personal identity, self-interest, and impartial ethics with unprecedented rigor, taking utilitarian ideas in surprising directions.