Titles by Jeremy Bentham

1748 – 1832

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) trained as a lawyer and founded the early 19th century school of political thought known as “Benthamism” later called utilitarianism - based on the idea that governments should act so as to promote “the greatest good of the greatest number” of people.

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He spent much of his life attempting to drawn up an ideal Constitutional Code, but he was also active in parliamentary reform, education, and prison reform. He influenced the thinking of James Mill and his son John Stuart Mill. [The image comes from “The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.”]

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Titles

British Moralists vol. 1

Jeremy Bentham

Defence of Usury

Jeremy Bentham

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Jeremy Bentham

A Protest against Law-Taxes

Jeremy Bentham

Works of Jeremy Bentham, 11 vols.

Jeremy Bentham

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 10 (Memoirs Part I and Correspondence)

Jeremy Bentham

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 1

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 2

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 3

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 4

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 5 (Scotch Reform, Real Property, Codification Petitions)

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 6

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 7 (Rationale of Judicial Evidence Part 2)

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 8

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 9 (Constitutional Code)

John Bowring

The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 11 (Memoirs of Bentham Part II and Analytical Index)

John Bowring

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