Bentham, Jeremy 1748-1832
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| Works: | 1,874 works in 7,163 publications in 7 languages and 123,473 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Records and correspondence Rules Portraits Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Case studies Biographies |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Printer, Other, Recipient, Contributor, Dedicatee, Former owner, Bibliographic antecedent |
| Classifications: | B1574.B34, 192 |
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Most widely held works about
Jeremy Bentham
- The growth of philosophic radicalism by Élie Halévy( Book )
- On Bentham and Coleridge by John Stuart Mill( Book )
- In the interest of the governed : a study in Bentham's philosophy of utility and law by David Lyons( Book )
- The English utilitarians by Leslie Stephen( Book )
- Jeremy Bentham; his life and work by Charles Milner Atkinson( Book )
- Bentham by James Steintrager( Book )
- Political thought in England, the utilitarians, from Bentham to J.S. Mill by William L Davidson( Book )
- The politics book( Book )
- The correspondence of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham( Book )
- Essays on Bentham : studies in jurisprudence and political theory by H. L. A Hart( Book )
- Bentham and the ethics of today by David Baumgardt( Book )
- Jeremy Bentham : an odyssey of ideas by Mary Peter Mack( Book )
- Bentham by Ross Harrison( Book )
- Six radical thinkers; Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green by John MacCunn( Book )
- Bentham by J. R Dinwiddy( Book )
- Bentham's theory of the modern state by Nancy L Rosenblum( Book )
- Three criminal law reformers: Beccaria, Bentham, Romilly by Coleman Phillipson( Book )
- Bentham and the oppressed by Lea Campos Boralevi( Book )
- Bentham : a guide for the perplexed by Philip Schofield( Book )
- The works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Jeremy Bentham
An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation by
Jeremy Bentham(
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271 editions published between 1789 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 3,970 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An electronic version of Bentham's classic work of utilitarian philosophy. The HTML text is rendered from the 1907 Oxford University Press edition, which in turn was a reprint of the 1823 edition. The e-text is part of a site maintained by Dan Bonevac and Paul Lyon called 'Classical Utilitarianism'
271 editions published between 1789 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 3,970 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An electronic version of Bentham's classic work of utilitarian philosophy. The HTML text is rendered from the 1907 Oxford University Press edition, which in turn was a reprint of the 1823 edition. The e-text is part of a site maintained by Dan Bonevac and Paul Lyon called 'Classical Utilitarianism'
A fragment on government and An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation by
Jeremy Bentham(
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144 editions published between 1823 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational, scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong
144 editions published between 1823 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational, scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong
The theory of legislation by
Jeremy Bentham(
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148 editions published between 1864 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Whatever may be thought of the Principle of Utility, when considered as the foundation of morals, no one now-a-days will undertake to deny that it is the only safe rule of legislation. To establish and illustrate this proposition, and to show how it ought to be, and might be carried into practice, was the aim and end of Bentham's life and writings. Bacon derives his fame from the fact that he was the first who fully appreciated and formally laid down the proposition, now familiar to everybody, that experiment and observation are the only solid bases of the physical sciences. In the moral sciences, and especially in legislation, the principle of utility is the only certain guide; and, in the estimation of an impartial posterity, Bentham will rank with Bacon, as an original genius of the first order. During a long life, devoted solely and assiduously to the study of jurisprudence, besides his occasional publications, he produced an immense mass of manuscripts, containing a fund of most valuable ideas, but unshaped, unarranged, and in a state quite unfit for publication. Fortunately for the cause of science, these materials were not left to perish; an interpreter, a compiler, a spokesman was found, every way worthy of the task he assumed. Dumont, a citizen of Geneva, whom political troubles had driven from his own country, after a residence of some years at St. Petersburg, where he gained a high reputation as a preacher of the Reformed Church, came to London under the patronage of the Lansdowne family, and there made Bentham's acquaintance. He became his friend and disciple, was permitted to examine and to study his manuscript treatises; and, having discovered the value of this hidden treasure, he solicited the task of arranging, condensing, filling out, compiling, and translating into the French language. As soon as Bentham had discovered the great divisions, the great classifications of laws, he embraced legislation as a whole, and formed the vast project of treating it in all its parts. He considered it not as composed of detached works, but as forming a single work. He had before his eyes the general chart of the science, and after that model he framed particular charts of all its departments. Hence it follows that the most striking peculiarity of his writings is their perfect correspondence. Among Dumont's first publications from the manuscripts of Bentham, was the treatise of which these volumes contain a translation. He afterwards brought out several other works compiled in the same way, and from the same sources; and it is only in these compilations that we find anything like a clear and complete development of the ideas of Bentham, or a full exposition of his system of legislation. Public attention in America is every day more and more attracted to the subject of Legal Reform; and the translator flatters himself that he will have performed a useful and acceptable service, in restoring to its native English tongue the following treatise. It includes a vast field, never before surveyed upon any regular plan, and least of all according to such principles as Bentham has laid down. In the application of those principles he has, doubtless, made some mistakes; for mistakes are of necessity incident to a first attempt. But he has himself furnished us with the means of detecting those mistakes and of correcting them. He asks us to receive nothing on his mere authority. He subjects everything to the test of General Utility." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
148 editions published between 1864 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Whatever may be thought of the Principle of Utility, when considered as the foundation of morals, no one now-a-days will undertake to deny that it is the only safe rule of legislation. To establish and illustrate this proposition, and to show how it ought to be, and might be carried into practice, was the aim and end of Bentham's life and writings. Bacon derives his fame from the fact that he was the first who fully appreciated and formally laid down the proposition, now familiar to everybody, that experiment and observation are the only solid bases of the physical sciences. In the moral sciences, and especially in legislation, the principle of utility is the only certain guide; and, in the estimation of an impartial posterity, Bentham will rank with Bacon, as an original genius of the first order. During a long life, devoted solely and assiduously to the study of jurisprudence, besides his occasional publications, he produced an immense mass of manuscripts, containing a fund of most valuable ideas, but unshaped, unarranged, and in a state quite unfit for publication. Fortunately for the cause of science, these materials were not left to perish; an interpreter, a compiler, a spokesman was found, every way worthy of the task he assumed. Dumont, a citizen of Geneva, whom political troubles had driven from his own country, after a residence of some years at St. Petersburg, where he gained a high reputation as a preacher of the Reformed Church, came to London under the patronage of the Lansdowne family, and there made Bentham's acquaintance. He became his friend and disciple, was permitted to examine and to study his manuscript treatises; and, having discovered the value of this hidden treasure, he solicited the task of arranging, condensing, filling out, compiling, and translating into the French language. As soon as Bentham had discovered the great divisions, the great classifications of laws, he embraced legislation as a whole, and formed the vast project of treating it in all its parts. He considered it not as composed of detached works, but as forming a single work. He had before his eyes the general chart of the science, and after that model he framed particular charts of all its departments. Hence it follows that the most striking peculiarity of his writings is their perfect correspondence. Among Dumont's first publications from the manuscripts of Bentham, was the treatise of which these volumes contain a translation. He afterwards brought out several other works compiled in the same way, and from the same sources; and it is only in these compilations that we find anything like a clear and complete development of the ideas of Bentham, or a full exposition of his system of legislation. Public attention in America is every day more and more attracted to the subject of Legal Reform; and the translator flatters himself that he will have performed a useful and acceptable service, in restoring to its native English tongue the following treatise. It includes a vast field, never before surveyed upon any regular plan, and least of all according to such principles as Bentham has laid down. In the application of those principles he has, doubtless, made some mistakes; for mistakes are of necessity incident to a first attempt. But he has himself furnished us with the means of detecting those mistakes and of correcting them. He asks us to receive nothing on his mere authority. He subjects everything to the test of General Utility." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Bentham's Theory of fictions by
Jeremy Bentham(
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39 editions published between 1932 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
39 editions published between 1932 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Jeremy Bentham's economic writings by
Jeremy Bentham(
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in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bentham's handbook of political fallacies by
Jeremy Bentham(
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35 editions published between 1952 and 1971 in English and held by 772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An English edition was first published in 1824 under title: The book of fallacies
35 editions published between 1952 and 1971 in English and held by 772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An English edition was first published in 1824 under title: The book of fallacies
The works of Jeremy Bentham by
Jeremy Bentham(
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53 editions published between 1838 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
53 editions published between 1838 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Constitutional code : vol. I by
Jeremy Bentham(
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44 editions published between 1841 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
44 editions published between 1841 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First principles preparatory to constitutional code by
Jeremy Bentham(
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13 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in English and held by 501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in English and held by 501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Deontology ; together with A table of the springs of action ; and the Article on Utilitarianism by
Jeremy Bentham(
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36 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
36 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plan of parliamentary reform, in the form of a catechism, with reasons for each article : with an introduction, shewing the
necessity of radical, and the inadequacy of moderate reform by
Jeremy Bentham(
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45 editions published between 1817 and 2016 in English and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
45 editions published between 1817 and 2016 in English and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rationale of judicial evidence, specially applied to English practice by
Jeremy Bentham(
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29 editions published between 1827 and 1995 in English and held by 432 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
29 editions published between 1827 and 1995 in English and held by 432 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Legislator of the world : writings on codification, law, and education by
Jeremy Bentham(
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17 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and German and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The production of a methodology for codification ranks as one of Bentham's outstanding theoretical achievements. Through the materials presented in this volume he emerges as a seminal figure in the development of liberalism throughout Europe and America in the early 19th century
17 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and German and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The production of a methodology for codification ranks as one of Bentham's outstanding theoretical achievements. Through the materials presented in this volume he emerges as a seminal figure in the development of liberalism throughout Europe and America in the early 19th century
Colonies, commerce, and constitutional law : Rid yourselves of Ultramaria and other writings on Spain and Spanish America by
Jeremy Bentham(
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15 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Benthamiana, or, Select extracts from the works of Jeremy Bentham : with an outline of his opinions on the principal subjects
discussed in his works by
Jeremy Bentham(
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43 editions published between 1843 and 2016 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
43 editions published between 1843 and 2016 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The book of fallacies by
Jeremy Bentham(
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41 editions published between 1824 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The present edition of The Book of Fallacies is the first that follows Bentham's own structure for the work, and includes a great deal of material, both in terms of the fallacies themselves and the illustrative matter, that previous versions of the work have omitted. The fallacies that concerned Bentham were not logical errors of the sort identified by Aristotle, or commonplace misunderstandings of matters of fact, but arguments deployed in political debate, in particular in the British Parliament, in order to prevent reform. Bentham not only identified, described, and criticized the fallacious arguments in question, which were all characterized by their irrelevancy, but explained the sinister interests that led politicians to employ them and their supporters to accept them. By exposing these political fallacies, Bentham hoped to prevent their employment in future, and thereby to place political debate on its only proper ground, namely considerations drawn from the principle of utility."--Publisher's description
41 editions published between 1824 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The present edition of The Book of Fallacies is the first that follows Bentham's own structure for the work, and includes a great deal of material, both in terms of the fallacies themselves and the illustrative matter, that previous versions of the work have omitted. The fallacies that concerned Bentham were not logical errors of the sort identified by Aristotle, or commonplace misunderstandings of matters of fact, but arguments deployed in political debate, in particular in the British Parliament, in order to prevent reform. Bentham not only identified, described, and criticized the fallacious arguments in question, which were all characterized by their irrelevancy, but explained the sinister interests that led politicians to employ them and their supporters to accept them. By exposing these political fallacies, Bentham hoped to prevent their employment in future, and thereby to place political debate on its only proper ground, namely considerations drawn from the principle of utility."--Publisher's description
Political tactics by
Jeremy Bentham(
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15 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in English and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Political Tactics, composed for the Estates General in the months just prior to the outbreak of the French Revolution, is one of Bentham's most original works. It contains the first theoretical analysis of parliamentary procedure ever written
15 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in English and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Political Tactics, composed for the Estates General in the months just prior to the outbreak of the French Revolution, is one of Bentham's most original works. It contains the first theoretical analysis of parliamentary procedure ever written
Official aptitude maximized, expense minimized by
Jeremy Bentham(
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10 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in English and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in English and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Traités de législation civile et pénale by
Jeremy Bentham(
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69 editions published between 1802 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu you li fa yuan li,Min fa dian yuan li yi ji xing fa dian yuan li san juan gou cheng.Shu zhong dui gong li yuan ze,Wu duan yuan ze huo tong gan he fan gan yuan ze,Min fa de mu de,Fan zui deng zhu duo nei rong jin xing le chan shu
69 editions published between 1802 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu you li fa yuan li,Min fa dian yuan li yi ji xing fa dian yuan li san juan gou cheng.Shu zhong dui gong li yuan ze,Wu duan yuan ze huo tong gan he fan gan yuan ze,Min fa de mu de,Fan zui deng zhu duo nei rong jin xing le chan shu
A fragment on government : being an examination of what is delivered, on the subject of government in general in the introduction
to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries : With a preface, in which is given a critique of the work at large by
Jeremy Bentham(
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31 editions published between 1776 and 1823 in English and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
31 editions published between 1776 and 1823 in English and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- Mill, John Stuart 1806-1873 Author Editor
- Dumont, Etienne 1759-1829 Other Translator Adapter Author Editor Creator Compiler
- Schofield, Philip 1958- Other Contributor Author Editor
- Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus) 1907-1992 Other Author of introduction Author Editor
- Burns, J. H. (James Henderson) Other Author Editor
- Hildreth, Richard 1807-1865 Translator
- Sprigge, Timothy L. S. Editor
- Great Britain Parliament
- Smith, Adam 1723-1790
- Mill, James 1773-1836
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Beauchamp, Philip
Bentam.
Bentam 1748-1832
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