Philosopher · Early modern period · England
Jeremy Bentham
1748–1832
English reformer who founded utilitarianism on the greatest happiness principle: the right act is the one that makes the most happiness. He campaigned for legal reform, animal welfare, and the secret ballot. He lived 1748 to 1832.
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- Born
- 1748, London, England.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jeremy Bentham
- Died
- 1832, London. His preserved body sits at University College London.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jeremy Bentham
- School
- Utilitarianism, its founder.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jeremy Bentham
- Known for
- The greatest happiness principle, the Panopticon prison design, and the felicific calculus for weighing pleasures and pains.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jeremy Bentham
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