The conflict between the utilitarian and anti-utilitarian in European philosophy and culture

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Draškić-Vićanović, I. (2018). The conflict between the utilitarian and anti-utilitarian in European philosophy and culture, (161), 376-388. doi:10.5937/kultura1861376D
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Title

The conflict between the utilitarian and anti-utilitarian in European philosophy and culture

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Author

Iva, Draškić-Vićanović

Journal

Kultura

Volume
Issue

161

Start page

376

End page

388

ISSN

0023-5164

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DOI

10.5937/kultura1861376D

URL

http://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%2614227&page=0&so...

Date

2018-2021/07/05/09:17:02

Abstract

It has already been recognized that the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with utilitarian theory of knowledge and his view that man has rights over nature and should become her 'servant and master' is the philosophical foundation for technological civilization. This paper sheds some light on the process of spreading of utilitarian values from the gnoseology to the moral and aesthetic field. This process is key of spring of the British philosophy. Another key of spring of the British philosophy is aesthetic reaction to the utilitarianism. Together, the two trends represent crucial philosophical events to have occurred on European soil, from the time of the renaissance to this day.

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