Selected Writings

By: Jeremy Bentham, Stephen G. Engelmann (Editor)

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Paperback | 4 January 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility, law, and politics/policy, highlights include the succinct essay “On Retrenchment” and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major interpretative essays by Mark Canuel, David Lieberman, Jennifer Pitts, and Philip Schofield.

The texts included in the book are:

-Sex

-An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and

Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1–5

-Place and Time

-Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to

English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1

-Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2

-Pannomial Fragments

-Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2,

and 6

-Of Publicity

-Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2

-Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations

on Sieyes)

-On Retrenchment

Industry Reviews

"This excellent collection ought to be in the library of every scholar working on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century law, public policy, and the public sphere. It brings together a superb introduction, carefully established texts, and illuminating essays."-Frances Ferguson, author of Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action

-- Frances Ferguson

"This stimulating reader invites a fresh look at Bentham. Drawing on recent scholarship, it presents newly edited texts and unexpected perspectives on familiar works about sex, law, publicity, colonies, place and time, and much else besides."-William Twining, University College London

-- William Twining

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy from 1600 to 1900 Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Texts
Pleasure and Liberty
Sex	p. 33
Fundamentals of Jurisprudence
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1-5	p. 103
Place and Time	p. 152
Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1	p. 220
Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2	p. 225
Pannomial Fragments	p. 240
Politics, Policy, and Political Economy
Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2, and 6	p. 283
Of Publicity	p. 291
Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2	p. 308
Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations on Sieyès)	p. 318
On Retrenchment	p. 395
Essays
Jeremy Bentham, the Principle of Utility, and Legal Positivism	p. 425
Bentham on Codification	p. 460
"Great and Distant Crimes": Empire in Bentham's Thought	p. 478
Bentham, Utility, and the Romantic Imagination	p. 500
Index	p. 520
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