J. J. C. Smart

Person · Open Library

Born

1920

Works

16

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

DE

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Towards a Methodology for Developing Evidence‐Informed Management Knowledge by Means of Systematic Review

   · 2003 · cited 11,454x

2. Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni

   · 2011 · cited 9,569x

3. <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2

   · 2018 · cited 7,445x

4. Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,794x

5. The<i>Gaia</i>mission

   · 2016 · cited 6,407x

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Quotes

• “The sentiment to which [the utilitarian] appeals is generalized benevolence, that is, the disposition to seek happiness, or...good consequences, for all mankind, or perhaps for all sentient beings.”
• “[A] purely hedonistic utilitarian, like Bentham, might agree with Mill in preferring the experiences of discontented philosophers to those of contented fools. His preference for the philosopher’s state of mind, however, would not be an intrinsic one. He would say that the discontented philosopher is a useful agent in society and that the existence of Socrates is responsible for an improvement in the lot of humanity generally.”
• “Men were made for higher things, one can’t help wanting to say, even though one knows that men weren’t made for anything, but are the product of natural selection.”
• “The reason why there are hardly ever completely knock-down arguments, except between very like minded philosophers, is that philosophers, unlike chemists or geologists, are licensed to question everything, including methodology.”
• “I regard Peter as one of the great moralists, because I suspect that more than anyone he has helped to change the attitudes of very many people to the sufferings of animals. Peter is a utilitarian in normative ethics, and a humane attitude to animals is a natural corollary of utilitarianism. Utilitarian concern for animals goes back to Bentham, who, presumably alluding to the Kantians, said that the question was not whether animals can reason, but whether they can suffer.”
• “That anything should exist at all does seem to me a matter for the deepest awe. But whether other people feel this sort of awe, and whether they or I ought to is another question. I think we ought to.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Gender

male

Citizenship

Australia

Place of birth

Cambridge

Place of death

Melbourne

Sibling

Ninian Smart

Occupation

writer

Educated at

The Queen's College

Employer

La Trobe University

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

atheism

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