devised a moral arithmetic for judging the value of a pleasure or a pain. He argued that self-interests, properly understood, are harmonious and that the general welfare is bound up with personal happiness. Bentham's contribution to theoretical ethics has had less lasting effect than his ...
PremiumEthicsMoralityUtilitarianism 261 Words 2 Pages Good Essays Read More Bentham Biography DateJeremyBenthamBiography “JeremyBenthamwas an English philosopher” that “is primarily known” for his philosophical contribution‚ the ethical theory of utilitarianism (Sweet). Utilitarianism is the ethical the...
The world had to wait for John Harsanyi for coherent answers to these questions. Mills’ contribution was rather to round off the rough edges of Bentham's exposition to make his theory acceptable to the intellectual elite of his time. However, orthodox opinion nevertheless credits him with being...
The problem of justification bedevils Utilitarianism in general. British natural rights ethics had often appealed to the self-evidence or the intuitive certainty ("Intuitionism") of natural rights. Bentham ridicules this, perhaps with justification, but then he has little to offer for the Principle...
(2017). 'Prevention of evil, production of good': Jeremy Bentham's indirect legislation and its contribution to a new theory of prevention. History of European Ideas: Vol. 43, Special Issue: Indirect Legislation: Jeremy Bentham's Regulatory Revolution Guest Editors: Malik Bozzo-Rey, Anne Bruno...