Jeremy Bentham’s Influence
Biography
Ø Born-:
15th February 1748. London, England.
Ø Died
-: 06th June 1832.
Ø Region
-: Western philosophy.
Ø School
-: Utilitarianism Legal Positivism Liberalism Radicalism Epicureanism.
Ø Main
interests -: Political philosophy, philosophy of law, ethics, economics Notable
Ideas Principle of utility Felicific calculus.
Ø Influences
-: Protagoras, Epicurus, John Locke, David Hume, Montesquieu, Helvetius,
Hobbes, Beccaria, Adam Smith.
Ø Influenced
-: John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hodgskin, William Thompson, Henry Sidgwick, Michel
Foucault, Peter Singer, John Austin, Robert Owen, H. L. A. Hart, Francis Y.
Edgeworth, A. V. Dicey, Étienne Dumont.
Jeremy Bentham’s Theory
Jeremy Bentham’s is best known for his theory of
utilitarianism, which is moral and ethical framework that focuses on maximizing
overall happiness and minimizing suffering. According to Bentham, the right
action is the one that produces the greatest number of people. He believed that
individuals should act in a way that promotes the general welfare and that laws
and institutions should be designed to maximize happiness. Bentham’s theory has
had a significant impact on various fields, including ethics, politics and law.
Influenced of John Stuart Mills theory
There are two parts of the Benthamite system
distributed him in particular.
·
Dogmastism in the view of the
philosophical radicals, particularly evident in their insistence.
·
Distributing aspect of the philosophical
radicals was that in some ways there were not radical enough.
References
2. https://iep.utm.edu/jeremy-bentham/
written
by
J.G.A.V
Anupama
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