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Briefly: Bentham's An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation

Name: Briefly: Bentham's An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation
ISBN: 9780334048312

By
- David Mills Daniel
Publisher
- SCM Press

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Language: English
Format
Category: Religion & Spirituality

In the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Bentham strove ‘to cut a new road through the wilds of jurisprudence’. Laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo; and, that while he believed that human beings inevitably pursue pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham thought it to be a ‘sacred truth’ that ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation’.

Release date

Ebook: 3 January 2013