Bentham and the Ethics of Today
Author | : David Baumgardt |
Publisher | : New York : Octagon Books |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Baumgardt |
Publisher | : New York : Octagon Books |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
'An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation' is a book by the English philosopher and legal theorist Jeremy Bentham first published in 1789. Labelled as Bentham's "most important theoretical work," it is where Bentham develops his theory of utilitarianism, in respect of ethical theory, and is the first major book on the topic. Bentham seeks to determine what a system of laws would look like if it was constructed on a purely utilitarian basis.
Author | : David Baumgardt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Civil law |
ISBN | : |
Discusses morals' functions and natures that affect the legislation in general. Bases the discussions on pain and pleasure as basic principle of law embodiment. Mentions of the circumstance influencing sensibility, general human actions, intentionality, conciousness, motives, human dispositions, consequencess of mischievous act, case of punishment, and offences' division.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1996-01-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191589756 |
The new critical edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) is being prepared and published under the supervision of the Bentham Committee of University College London. In spite of his importance as jurist, philosopher, and social scientist, and leader of the Utilitarian reformers, the only previous edition of his works was a poorly edited and incomplete one brought out within a decade or so of his death. Eight volumes of the new Collected Works, five of correspondence, and three of writings on jurisprudence, appeared between 1968 and 1981, published by the Athlone Press. Further volumes in the series since then are published by Oxford University Press. The overall plan and principles of the edition are set out in the General Preface to The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 1, which was the first volume of the Collected Works to be published. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Jeremy Bentham's best-known work, is a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence. First published in 1789, it contains the important statement of the foundations of utilitarian philosophy and a pioneering study of crime and punishment, both of which remain at the heart of contemporary debates in moral and political philosophy, economics, and legal theory. Printed here in full is the definitive edition, edited by the distinguished scholars J. H. Burns and H. L. A. Hart. An introductory essay by Hart, first published in 1982 and a widely acknowledged classic in its own right, is reprinted here. It contains an important analysis of Bentham's principle of utility, theory of action, and an account of the relationship between law and morality. A new introduction by the leading Bentham scholar F. Rosen, specially written for this Clarendon Paperback edition, provides students with a helpful survey of Bentham's main ideas and an extensive bibliographical study of recent critical work on Bentham. Professor Rosen's essay also contains a new analysis of the principle of utility in Bentham's philosophy which is compared with its use in Hume and J. S. Mill.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1823 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : |
Bentham's treatise on the foundations of law and government.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Jeremy Bentham's work on The Principles of Morals and Legislation emerges from its historic roots in hedonism and teleology as a scientific attempt to assess the moral content of human action by focusing on its results or consequences. Proceeding from the assumption that human beings desire pleasure (and avoid pain), Bentham's unique perspective, known as utilitarianism, is used to construct a fascinating calculus for determining which action to perform when confronted with situations requiring moral decision-makingthe goal of which is to arrive at the "greatest happiness of the greatest number." Toward this end, he endeavors to delineate the sources and kinds of pleasure and pain and how they can be measured when assessing one's moral options. Bentham supports his arguments with discussions of intentionality, consciousness, motives, and dispositions. Bentham concludes this groundbreaking work with an analysis of punishment: its purpose and the proper role that law and jurisprudence should play in its determination and implementation. Here we find Bentham as social reformer seeking to resolve the tension that inevitably exists when the concerns of the many conflict with individual freedom. The Principles of Morals and Legislation offers readers the rare opportunity to experience one of the great works of moral philosophy, a volume that has influenced the course of ethical theory for over a century.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Ethics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Lyons |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |