Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham's (1748-1832) writings in social and political thought were both theoretical and practical. As a theorist, he made important contributions to the modern understanding of the principle of utility, to ideas of sovereignty, liberty and justice and to the importance of radical reform in a representative democracy. This volume includes essays from leading Bentham scholars plus an introduction, surveying recent scholarship.

Autorentext
Frederick Rosen is Emeritus Professor at University College London, UK.

Inhalt
Contents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I The Utilitarian Tradition: 'Utility' and the 'utility principle': Hume, Smith, Bentham, Mill, Douglas G. Long; Reading Hume backwards: utility as the foundation of morals, Frederick Rosen; The clew to the labyrinth, Ross Harrison. Part II Liberty and Justice: Fundamental words, Douglas G. Long; Utilitarian justice and the tasks of law, Gerald J. Postema; Security, expectation and liberty, P.J. Kelly; Liberty and constitutional theory, Frederick Rosen. Part III Sovereignty and the State: Bentham on sovereignty, H.L.A. Hart; Bentham on sovereignty; an exploration, J.H. Burns; Sovereignty and democracy, Frederick Rosen. Part IV Polity and Economy: Utilitarianism and distributive justice: the civil law and the foundations of Bentham's economic thought, P.J. Kelly; Economy and polity in Bentham's science of legislation, David Lieberman; Jeremy Bentham, Takuo Dome. Part V Society: Foucault and Bentham: a defence of panopticism, Janet Semple; Rethinking institutions in late Georgian England, Roy Porter; Jeremy Bentham on the relief of indigence: an exercise in applied philosophy, Michael Quinn; Utilitarianism and feminism, Lea Campos Boralevi; 'Not Paul but Jesus', Louis Crompton. Part VI The French Revolution and Political Radicalism: Bentham and the French revolution, J.H. Burns; Bentham's transition to political radicalism, 1809-10, J.R. Dinwiddy; Bentham's political radicalism re-examined, J. Crimmins; Jeremy Bentham, the French Revolution and political radicalism, Philip Schofield. Part VII Revolution in Government: The transmission of Benthamite ideas 1820-1850, S.E. Finer; Jeremy Bentham and the 19th-century revolution in government, L.J. Hume; Jeremy Bentham and the 19th-century revolution in government, Stephen Conway; Name index.