Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham (/ˈbɛnθəm/; 15 Februar 1748 [O.S. 4 Februar 1747] – 6 Juin 1832) was a Breetish philosopher, jurist, an social reformer. He is regairdit as the foonder o modren utilitarianism.

Jeremy Bentham
Born	15 Februar 1748(1748-02-15) Lunnon, Ingland
Dee'd	6 Juin 1832(1832-06-06) (aged 84) Lunnon, Ingland
Era	18t century filosofie 19t century filosofie
Schuil	Utilitarianism, legal positivism, liberalism
Main interests	Poleetical filosofie, filosofie o law, ethics, economics
Notable ideas	Greatest happiness principle
Influences Protagoras · Epicurus · John Locke · David Hume · Montesquieu · Helvétius · Hobbes · Beccaria · Adam Smith
Influenced John Stuart Mill · Henry Sidgwick · Michel Foucault · Peter Singer · John Austin · Robert Owen · David Pearce  · H. L. A. Hart  · Iain King  · Francis Y. Edgeworth
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