ABSTRACT

In this book, first published in 1973, the editor has drawn heavily on Bentham’s manuscripts and has tried to provide a coherent statement of Bentham’s legal and political thought. Unlike Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes or Mill, Bentham did not write one single work containing the basic principles of his legal and political philosophy. This titles presents Bentham’s work in a systematic manner, and will be of interest to students of philosophy, politics and history.

chapter |32 pages

Introduction

chapter |6 pages

Ontology 1

chapter |6 pages

Exposition 1

chapter |5 pages

Phenomena of the Human Mind 1

chapter |4 pages

Springs of Action 1

chapter |17 pages

A. Of the Principle of Utility 1

chapter |22 pages

Virtue

chapter |19 pages

Value of a Pain or Pleasure 1

chapter |10 pages

The Idea of a Political Society 1

chapter |11 pages

What a Law Is

chapter |2 pages

Source of a Law 1

chapter |8 pages

Force of a Law 1

chapter |20 pages

Power and Right 1

chapter |4 pages

The People

chapter |5 pages

Legislature

chapter |3 pages

Prime Minister and Ministers

chapter |4 pages

Sublegislature and Local Headman 1

chapter |29 pages

Fallacies 1

chapter |4 pages

[Nature of Political Argument] 1

chapter |14 pages

[Summary of Basic Principles]