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An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
www.earlymoderntexts.comPrinciples of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham Glossary affection: In the early modern period, ‘affection’ could mean ‘fondness’, as it does today; but it was also often used, as it is in this work, to cover every sort of pro or con attitude—desires, approvals, …
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
www.earlymoderntexts.comFirst Edition of this work was privately printed in 1780 and first published in 1789. The present version is based on ‘A New Edition, corrected by the Author’ [but not changed much], published in 1823. Contents Preface (1789) 1 Chapter 1: The Principle of Utility 6 Chapter 2: Principles opposing the Principle of …
Resolving an Ethical Dilemma
bourbon.usc.eduBentham's ethical outlook. "Nature has placed mankind," he writes in his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, "under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to …
The Economics of Crime and Punishment
masonlec.orgJeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1907 [1789], p. 399). However, from the beginning of the 20th century interest in their point of view dwindled as a plethora of other theories were developed. Fortunately, the main idea of Bentham