Quinn, Michael
Bentham (Classic Thinkers)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509521913
- author:
- Quinn, Michael
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 250
- Dimensions:
- 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Professional & Vocational, Nonfiction, Philosophy,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Bentham Michael Quinn provides a new introduction to Jeremy Bentham's influential ideas, exploring how he sought to be an engineer of choices and illuminate methods for influencing human conduct. This approach, utilitarianism, remains central to the modern world. Quinn examines Bentham's adoption of utility as the critical standard for government and public policy development, and his application of this principle to various areas, including penal law and democratic reform. He also assesses Bentham's contemporary relevance and his dual goal of facilitating governmental will while exposing misrule by rendering public power transparent. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Bentham, as well as those interested in the history of political thought, philosophy, politics, ethics, and utilitarianism.
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