While I like many aspects of Bentham’s and Mill’s views, I found their presentation in this form to be rather tedious to read.
Using the pen-name Philip Beauchamp, he co-wrote a freethought treatise, Analysis of the Influence of Natural Religion on the Temporal Happiness of Mankind (1822). In published and unpublished treatises, Bentham extensively critiqued religion, the catechism, the use of religious oaths and the bible. The renowned humanitarian was made a citizen of France by the National Assembly in Paris. Inheriting a large fortune from his father in 1792, Bentham was free to spend his remaining life promoting progressive causes. Bentham propounded his principle of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number." He worked for political, legal, prison and educational reform.
His Rationale of Punishments and Rewards was published in 1775, followed by his groundbreaking utilitarian work, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. from Oxford by age 15 or 16, and his M.A. The great philosopher, utilitarian humanitarian and atheist began learning Latin at age four. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.In 1748, Jeremy Bentham was born in London. In their introduction Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen set the essays in the context of Mill's other works, and argue that his conviction in the importance of the development of human character in its full diversity provides the core to his liberalism and to any defensible account of the value of liberalism to the modern world.įor over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. These essays are central to the liberal tradition, but their interpretation and how we should understand their connection with each other are both contentious. They have formed the basis for many of the political institutions of the West since the late nineteenth century, tackling as they do the appropriate grounds for protecting individual liberty, the basic principles of ethics, the benefits and the costs of representative institutions, and the central importance of gender equality in society. Mill's four essays, 'On Liberty', 'Utilitarianism', 'Considerations on Representative Government', and 'The Subjection of Women' examine the most central issues that face liberal democratic regimes - whether in the nineteenth century or the twenty-first. 'it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well developed human beings'
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