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  Utilitarianism

  John Stuart Mill

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  Mill's book Utilitarianism first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861 and was reprinted as a single book in 1863. John Stuart Mill was brought up as a Benthamite with the explicit intention that he would carry on the cause of utilitarianism.
  Utilitarianism is a family of consequentialist ethical theories that promotes actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the majority of a population. Although different varieties of utilitarianism admit different characterizations, the basic idea behind all of them is to in some sense maximize utility, which is often defined in terms of well-being or related concepts. Utilitarianism is a version of consequentialism, which states that the consequences of any action are the only standard of right and wrong. Unlike other forms of consequentialism, such as egoism and altruism, utilitarianism considers the interests of all beings equally.
  Famous works of the author John Stuart Mill: A System of Logic, Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, Principles of Political Economy, A Few Words on Non-intervention, On Liberty, Considerations on Representative Government, Utilitarianism, Аutobiography, Three Essays on Religion, Socialism, The Subjection of Women, England and Ireland.

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  My Life Has No Purpose!

  David Leigh Weber

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  If you’re ready to take a journey into yourself unlike ever before, you’reready for My Life Has No Purpose! It’s a hands-on guide for those trulyready to understand themselves and the world around them with incredibleclarity -. For those sick and tired of fear, denial, ‘do as I say’pronouncements, and all the rest of the blockages that make lifeunnecessarily hard. Does this sound like you? (It should!) Imagine knowing—truly KNOWING at a core level—what is really going onand being able to find your own purpose using your own innate gifts. Inother words, what if you could live your life for YOU? It’s a sad fact. Most people let others determine their purpose. Intentionalor not, friends, family and society put all these demands and expectationson you that aren’t realistic. When you don’t live up to them (whatever thatmeans!) you see yourself as a failure because they see you as one.In reality, it is impossible for you to be a failure unless something ispreventing you from doing so! My Life Has No Purpose! gives you the tools to gain true superhero powers(really!) and live your life as you’ve always wanted:• Learn the secrets to decision-less decision making. Never makeanother decision yet always be successful• Predict the future and save yourself wasted time, effort, and money inthe process• Understand on a core level what the universe is telling you, good andbad • Achieve unparalleled success in even the worst circumstances• Resolve issues from your core, not your intellect• Be 100% content and successful in mind, body, spirit• And much more!Sound impossible? Listen for yourself and discover the truth. Your journey awaits . . .

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  Senator Ted Kennedy Delivers the...

  Senator Ted Kennedy

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  On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy (born on November 20, 1925), a United States Senator (NY) and candidate in the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries, was shot by 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy had just won the California and South Dakota primaries on June 4, and was addressing his campaign supporters in the hotel's ballroom. After leaving the podium, and exiting through a kitchen hallway, he was mortally wounded by multiple shots fired by Sirhan. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital nearly 25 hours later. His body was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy's younger brother, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts delivered the eulogy.

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  It Can’t Rain All the Time - The...

  Alisha Mughal

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  A passionate analysis of the ill-fated 1994 film starring the late Brandon Lee and its long-lasting influence on action movies, cinematic grief, and emotional masculinity
  		 
  Released in 1994, The Crow first drew in audiences thanks to the well-publicized tragedy that loomed over the film: lead actor Brandon Lee had died on set due to a mishandled prop gun. But it soon became clear that The Crow was more than just an accumulation of its tragic parts. The celebrated critic Roger Ebert wrote that Lee’s performance was “more of a screen achievement than any of the films of his father, Bruce Lee.”
  		 
  In It Can’t Rain All the Time, Alisha Mughal argues that The Crow has transcended Brandon Lee’s death by exposing the most challenging human emotions in all their dark, dramatic, and visceral glory, so much so that it has spawned three sequels, a remake, and an intense fandom. Eric, our back-from-the-dead, grieving protagonist, shows us that there is no solution to depression or loss, there is only our own internal, messy work. By the end of the movie, we realize that Eric has presented us with a vast range of emotions and that masculinity doesn’t need to be hard and impenetrable.
  		 
  Through her memories of seeking solace in the film during her own grieving period, Alisha brilliantly shows that, for all its gothic sadness, The Crow is, surprisingly and touchingly, a movie about redemption and hope.
  		 
  About the Pop Classics Series
  		 
  Short books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.

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  Disgrace - Global Reflections on...

  Joanna Bourke

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  Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. 
   
   
    
  Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence—including institutions, ideologies, and practices—but also gives voice to survivors and activists, drawing inspiration from their struggles. Ultimately, Joanna Bourke intends to forge a transnational feminism that will promote a more harmonious, equal, and rape—and violence-free world.

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  Under Pressure - Living Life and...

  Richard Humphreys

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  This is the world of the submariner. This is life under pressure.What’s it like to spend three months without sunlight, sharing what little space you have with over a hundred fellow crewmen and more firepower than all the bombs dropped in World War II combined? This is the world of the submariner. This is life under pressure.As a restless and adventurous eighteen-year-old, Richard Humphreys joined the Royal Navy submarine service. For five years during the Cold War, he served on the nuclear sub HMS Resolution. Nothing could have prepared him for life beneath the waves. He existed in a world without natural light, surrounded by 140 other men, all eating the same food, breathing the same air, smelling the same putrid smells and surviving together in some of the most forbidding conditions imaginable.Based on Humphreys’ firsthand experience, Under Pressure is the candid, visceral and incredibly entertaining account of what it’s like to live, work, sleep and eat—and stay sane—in one of the most extreme man-made environments on the planet.

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