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An Examination of Deterrence Theory: Where Do We Stand?
www.uscourts.govAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Introduction to the Principles), written in 1781 by Jeremy Bentham an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. Beccaria’s treatise was nota bly the first concise and orderly statement of standards governing criminal punishment and called for major reform in the criminal jus
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
www.earlymoderntexts.comPrinciples of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham Preface (1789) Preface (1789) [Bentham wrote this Preface in the third person, ‘the author’ and‘he’, throughout.] The following pages were printed as long ago as 1780. My aim in writing them was not as extensive as
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 Utility10
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 determine what we shall do. On the one hand the