Bentham's An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation

• Author(s): David Mills Daniel,
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Pages: 96
• ISBN_10: 0334048311
  ISBN_13: 9780334048312
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christianity / General , Religion / Philosophy ,

Description:... In the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Bentham strove ‘to cut a new road through the wilds of jurisprudence’. Laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo; and, that while he believed that human beings inevitably pursue pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham thought it to be a ‘sacred truth’ that ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation’.