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The founders of Utilitarianism

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4 Mar 23rd, 2001 

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Jeremy Bentham, father of utilitarianism, still attends board meetings at University College London, despite the fact that he has been dead for more than 200 years. That aside, this book including his and John Stuart Mill's foundations for the philosophy that still informs every part of our lives, and is an excellent grounding in the subject.

If you have read "Hard Times" by Dickens, you may think utilitarianism a cold and unfeeling philosophy, and was indeed, in Victorian times a justification for much suffering and empire building. However, Bentham and Mill's essays show the other side of the argument, and the humanity and compassion that can be present in their philosophy, if it is not misued. Bentham will be turning in his chair. 

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Utilitarianism and Other Essays - John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham - review by miss_d_bus

Advantages: justifies anything! Good for making law decisions
Disadvantages: happiness is subject, leaves out minorities.

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