Bentham, Jeremy(1748–1832)
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and reformer, was born in Houndsditch, London, on February 15, 1748. His father was a solicitor, with wealthy and important client...
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The English philosopher, political theorist, and jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) expounded the ethical doctrine known as utilitarianism. Partly through his work many political, legal, and penal refo...
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Jeremy Bentham is most well known as the founder of utilitarianism, a theory of morality that determines the rightness of acts by the consequences of those acts. Bentham's work in the areas of legal ...
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Jeremy Bentham was a British lawyer and philosopher who worked for political and legal reforms in England during the late 1700's and early 1800s. His most enduring legacy is the philosophical school o...
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Jeremy Bentham is known as the father of English utilitarianism, the doctrine of using the criterion of "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" to determine the moral value of any given actio...
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Jeremy Bentham, regarded as the father of English utilitarianism, is not generally known as a polemicist. "He has devoted his life to the pursuit of abstract and general truths," William Hazlitt asser...
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Jeremy Bentham is widely accepted as the founder of modern utilitarianism, and his ideas continue to influence moral and political philosophy. While he was not the first to draw on the notion of utili...
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In the following essay, Rosen analyzes Jeremy Bentham's greatest happiness principle, focusing particularly on the related ideal of equality.
There is no necessary connection between utilita...
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In the following excerpt, Crimmins views the scientific basis of Bentham's utility principle and its hostility toward religious ethics.
Weak reasoners in morals, by a kind of instinct, take ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up the issue whether the executive branch can detain people indefinitely merely by declaring them to be suspected terrorists or illegal enemy combatants. The case i...
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Bentham, Jeremy (1748–1832)
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Critical Essay by Frederick Rosen
Will Liberty Succumb to Federalist Society Ideology?
