Jeremy Bentham

Thinkers1748 to 1832Philosopher and jurist

Works

  • An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789

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An English philosopher and legal reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. He held that actions and laws should be judged by their consequences for the greatest happiness, understood as the balance of pleasure over pain.

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