Bentham's An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation (SCM Briefly)

by David Mills Daniel (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $13.78

  In the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Bentham strove `to cut a new road through the wilds of jurisprudence'. Laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo; and, that while he believed that human beings inevitably pursue pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham thought it to be a `sacred truth' that `the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation'.