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"An erudite introduction to the ideas of the father of utilitarianism"--
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Classic thinkers
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| Summary: |
"An erudite introduction to the ideas of the father of utilitarianism"-- |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 218 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509521913 1509521917 9781509521906 1509521909 |
| Index Number: | B1574 |
| CLC: | B561.41 |
| Call Number: | B561.41/Q75 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Life and logic: What matters, and why? -- The principle of utility: Raising the fabric of felicity by the hands of reason and law -- Direct legislation: Bentham and penal law -- Indirect legislation -- Civil law and political economy -- Principals, agents and institutional design (I): Panoptic architecture and management -- Principals, agents and institutional design (II): The prevention of misrule -- International law, the world next door -- Jeremy Bentham: Why bother? |