Author: Amy Thompson McCandlessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Last of the Benthamites
Author: Amy Thompson McCandlessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Pleasures of Benthamism
Author: Kathleen BlakePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199563268
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Examines traditions of Utilitarianism and political economy in Victorian literature and culture through the writings of Bentham, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Charles Dickens, and others.
The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism
Author: C. BlamiresPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230227724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The first study of how Genevan Etienne Dumont, and his traumatic experience of the French Revolution, shaped the reception and presentation of 'Benthamism' and masked the true face of Jeremy Bentham, one of the architects of modern society who visualised a new world based on the values of transparency, accountability, and economy.
The Principles of Morals and Legislation
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil law
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Discusses morals' functions and natures that affect the legislation in general. Bases the discussions on pain and pleasure as basic principle of law embodiment. Mentions of the circumstance influencing sensibility, general human actions, intentionality, conciousness, motives, human dispositions, consequencess of mischievous act, case of punishment, and offences' division.
Great Britain in the Latest Age
Author: Arthur Stanley TurbervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Jeremy Bentham
Author: Bhikhu ParekhPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136576460
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Jeremy Bentham, the father of utilitarianism, not only created a philosophical system which sought a rational solution to the problems of ethics, but was also concerned with the practical application of his theories to social reforms, administration, education and the law. This reissued volume represents a comprehensive collection of essays on Bentham’s work from J. S. Mill to the year of the book’s first publication in 1974. The wide range of Bentham’s concern and the varied reactions he provoked are well represented by the essays in this volume. It begins with Mill’s famous appraisal of the virtues and deficiencies of the theory that had so much influence on his own, followed by the criticisms of perhaps the ablest of Bentham’s (and Mill’s) contemporary opponents, William Whewell. Bentham’s psychology and analysis of human motivation is dealt with by John Watson, and in the editor’s own essay on the thorny problem of the justification of the principle of utility, the whole question of the link between specific human desires and the general desire for pleasure is examined as a psychological as well as a logical problem. The seldom-considered subject of Bentham’s logic and the way in which he anticipates in some respects the work of Frege and Wittgenstein is considered by H. L. A. Hart, who has also contributed a paper on the question of sovereignty. Bentham’s Political Fallacies is examined by Professor Burns, and the Constitutional Code and its projection of Bentham’s ideal republic as considered by Thomas Peardon makes interesting reading in the light of David Robert’s analysis of the impact Bentham had on the Victorian administrative state. Finally, there is Wesley C. Mitchell’s interesting paper on the notorious felicific calculus. The editor has written an extensive introduction which will prove useful not only to those unfamiliar with Bentham’s writings but to those acquainted with only one aspect of his work. Philosophers, jurists and political scientists should all find something of interest in this collection.
The Leisure Hour
Author: New Makers of Modern Culture
Author: Justin WintlePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136768823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1812
Book Description
New Makers of Modern Culture will be widely acquired by both higher education and public libraries. Bibliographies are attached to entries and there is thorough cross- referencing.
The Nation
Author: History and Context in Comparative Public Policy
Author: Douglas E. AshfordPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822976803
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Douglas E. Ashford joins a growing number of scholars who have questioned the behavioralist assumptions of much policy science. The essays in this volume show why policy analysis cannot be confined to prevailing methods of social science. Policy-making behavior involves historical, contextual, and philosophical factors that also raise critical questions about the concepts and theory of the discipline. Ashford asks difficult questions about the contextual, conjunctural, and unintentional circumstances that affect actual decision-making. His bridging essays summarize opposing viewpoints and conflicting interpretations to help form a new agenda for comparative policy analysis.