Noun
English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)
Source: WordNetJeremy Bentham (1789) Bentham explicitly described what types and qualities of pain and pleasure exist, and how human motives are singularly explained using psychological hedonism. Source: Internet
Philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham once said “Publicity is the very soul of justice. Source: Internet
Social reformer Jeremy Bentham wrote the first known argument for homosexual law reform in England around 1785, at a time when the legal penalty for buggery was death by hanging. Source: Internet
Historically, utilitarian thinking about law is associated with the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Source: Internet
However, as P. J. Kelly argued in Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice: Jeremy Bentham and the Civil Law, Bentham had a theory of justice that prevented such consequences. Source: Internet
In modern philosophy, Jeremy Bentham asserted, like Epicurus, that human behavior is governed by a need to increase pleasure and decrease pain. Source: Internet