[DOC] [TLE] The History of Utilitarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) [PAR] Mar 27, 2009 ... There are many ways to spell out this general claim. ... Early precursors to the 
Classical Utilitarians include the British Moralists, ..... The act is to the highest 
degree odious and disgusting, that is, not to the man who does it, for he .... 
Traditions often turned out to be relics of barbarous times, and appeals to... [DOC] [TLE] Jeremy Bentham, by Ross Harrison - Utilitarian Philosophers [PAR] However, while following his legal studies, Bentham became disgusted with ... by 
the practice of the law as it is, he turned instead to a study of what the law might 
be. .... 'a reason for wishing that a certain right were established, is not that right; 
... used by the leading contemporary defender of British law William Blackstone. [DOC] [TLE] Utilitarianism - Wikipedia [PAR] Utilitarianism is a theory about what we ought to do. It states that the best action is 
the one that maximizes utility. "Utility" is defined in various ways, usually in terms 
of the well-being of sentient entities, such as human beings and other animals. 
Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, gave this definition of "utility": ... 
Benthamism, the utilitarian philosophy founded by Jeremy Bentham, was... [DOC] [TLE] Jeremy Bentham - Wikipedia [PAR] Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is 
regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. ... He became a leading theorist 
in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose .... the "Auto-
icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. [DOC] [TLE] Peter Singer - Wikipedia [PAR] Peter Albert David Singer, AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral 
philosopher. He is the ... For most of his career, he was a preference utilitarian, 
but he announced in ... papers with Sigmund Freud before a falling out between 
the two in Venice. ... After leaving school, Singer studied law, history, and 
philosophy at the... [DOC] [TLE] utilitarianism facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] There are two basic questions that a philosophical utilitarian has to answer. ... 
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honesty, and the ..... It turns out, however, that neither economics nor the 
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an element which,... [DOC] [TLE] halevy2 - Utilitarianism [PAR] refutation of an important distortion of British moral philosophy. ... has recently 
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plebeian ... theory, and took the "principle of utility" for a psychological law 
explaining human... [DOC] [TLE] Utilitarianism [PAR] Mar 26, 2012 ... Utilitarianism has a long history, but the most famous versions of the theory ... The 
most important of these theorists was British philosopher Jeremy ... Bentham's 
purity factor involves whether an act produces both pain and pleasure. ... virtually 
every aspect of Mill's theory, and by the turn of the century, Mill's... [DOC] [TLE] Bertrand Russell - Wikiquote [PAR] 1.7.1 A History of Western Philosophy (1945); 1.7.2 Philosophy for Laymen (1946
) ... down his reflections in this book, for fear that his people should find out what 
he ... What first turned me away from utilitarianism was the persuasion that I 
myself ... It is true that numerous instances are not always necessary to establish 
a law,... [DOC] [TLE] Methodological Issues in the Neuroscience of Moral Judgment [PAR] Abstract: Neuroscience and psychology have recently turned their attention to the 
study of the ... Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbes Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT, UK. ... a 
highly determinate moral theorya variant of act utilitarianism. Things are not .... 
This strand of research sets out from a well-known philosophical dispute. In the. [DOC] [TLE] The Moral Instinct - The New York

Question: This founder of utilitarianism turned to philosophy out of disgust with British law
Answer: Jeremy Bentham