Utilitarianism versus the privileging of speech

IJRDO Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research 8 (11):12 (2022)
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Apparently the Western philosophical tradition has (wrongly) preferred speech over writing – so claims Jacques Derrida. In this paper, I consider whether utilitarianism involves such a preference. There are at least two arguments against the claim.

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