Jeremy Bentham
Subtitle: ten critical essays
By: edited by Bhikhu Parekh
Series: Routledge revivals; Routledge revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780415692427
Subjects: Utilitarianism
Description: Jeremy Bentham, the father of utilitarianism, not only created a philosophical system which sought a rational solution to the problems of ethics, but was also concerned with the practical application of his theories to social reforms, administration, education and the law. This reissued volume represents a comprehensive collection of essays on Bentham's work from J. S. Mill to the year of the book's first publication in 1974.
Notes: "First published in 1974 by Frank Cass and Company Ltd"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Bentham  -- J.S. Mill -- Bentham / -- W. Whewell -- Bentham / -- J. Watson -- Bentham / -- H.L.A. Hart; title: Bentham's justification of the principle of utility  -- B. Parekh; title: Bentham's ideal republic  -- T. Peardon; title: Bentham on sovereignty  -- H.L.A. Hart; title: Bentham's critique of political fallacies  -- J.H. Burns; title: Bentham's felicific calculus  -- W.C. Mitchell; title: Jeremy Bentham and the Victorian administrative state -- D. Roberts.