An Introduction To The Principles Of Morals And Legislation: Jeremy Bentham

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - Jeremy Bentham. Jeremy Bentham, 15 February 1748 - 6 June 1832, was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Nature has placed mankind 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 standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. In words a man may pretend to abjure their empire: but in reality he will remain subject to it all the while. The principle of utility* recognises this subjection, and assumes it for the foundation of that system, the object of which is to rear the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and of law. Systems which attempt to question it, deal in sounds instead of sense, in caprice instead of reason, in darkness instead of light.

Author: Jeremy Bentham

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Aug 30, 2016

Number of Pages: 258 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1537382403

ISBN-13: 9781537382401