Bentham: Selected Writings of John Dinwiddy

Bentham: Selected Writings of John Dinwiddy

Bentham: Selected Writings of John Dinwiddy

Bentham: Selected Writings of John Dinwiddy

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Overview

Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, made a powerful impact on several major areas of thought and policy: ethics, jurisprudence, political and constitutional theory, and social and administrative reform. Yet from the start his ideas have been subject to misunderstanding and caricature. John Dinwiddy's Bentham is regarded as the best introduction to this important jurist and reformer.

Dinwiddy examines the various components of Bentham's philosophy and shows how each was shaped by the radical rethinking entailed by the utilitarian approach. He also discusses interpretations of Benthamism and its contemporary significance and the controversial question of Bentham's influence on reform.

Bentham is reproduced here in full together with three classic essays that deal with key issues in understanding Bentham: his conversion to political radicalism, the relations between private and public ethics, and his theory of adjudication. A new introduction and select bibliography by William Twining set the context and survey the developments in Bentham studies since the book's original publication in 1989.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780804745192
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 11/11/2003
Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
Edition description: 1
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John Dinwiddy (1939-1990) was Professor of Modern History at Royal Holloway and Bedford Colleges, University of London. He was General Editor of The Collected Works of Jeremy Benthem from 1977 to 1983 and a leading Bentham scholar. William Twining FBA, QC (hon.) is Research Professor of Law at UniversityCollege London. He is General Editor of the Jurists series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsviii
Abbreviationsx
Introduction1
1.Bentham11
1.Biographical Outline11
2.The Greatest Happiness Principle26
3.Language and Method39
4.Codification versus Common Law51
5.Constitutional Theory66
6.Policy and Welfare79
7.Bentham and Benthamism94
Notes on Sources104
Further Reading106
2.Bentham's Transition to Political Radicalism, 1809-10110
3.Bentham on Private Ethics and the Principle of Utility134
4.Adjudication under Bentham's Pannomion155
Jeremy Bentham: A Select Bibliography 1989-2002163
Index183
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