Jeremy Bentham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jeremy Bentham (pronounced /ˈbɛnθəm/ or /ˈbɛntəm/ ) (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was the brother of Samuel Be...
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Utilitarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Utilitarianism is the idea that moral worth of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall utility: that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as summed among all people. It...
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Bentham's campaign for social and political reforms in all areas, most notably the criminal law, had its theoretical basis in his utilitarianism, expounded in his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a work written in 1780 but not published until 1789. In it he formulated the principle of utility,
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What is utilitarianism? ... With Bentham, Utilitarianism became the ideological foundation of a reform movement, later known as “philosophical radicalism,” that would test all institutions and policies by the principle of utility. Bentham attracted as his disciples a number of younger (earlier 19th-century) men.
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Bentham's theory of utilitarianism in philosophy. ... See: 'Bentham's Theory of Utilitarianism' page of PoliticsProfessor. ... act utilitarianism...
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A resource on Jeremy Bentham ... · Bentham's Frigidarium: Utilitarianism and Food Preservation. By David L. Cohen. Journal of Bentham Studies, 1997. ... · A Reconstruction of Classical Utilitarianism. By Tom Warke. Journal of Bentham Studies, 2000.
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Bentham's doctrines, wrapped up and known as utilitarianism, as Chambers observes, "was crude and full of inconsistencies, basing itself on purely quantitative considerations." Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957) of Cambridge University, observed that Bentham had, "...
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A leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law and one of the founders of utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham was born in Houndsditch, London on February 15, 1748. He was the son and grandson of attorneys, and his early family life was colored by a mix of pious superstition (on his mother's side) and...
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Although its premises were first published in the 1790's Bentham's Utilitarianism heavily influenced social reforms in Great Britain during the 1830's and 40's. Bentham died in 1832 before he could witness his ideas come to life in the form of new legislation.
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