Bentham : selected writings of John Dinwiddy / edited by William Twining.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinwiddy, J. R. (John Rowland), 1939-1990.

Contributor:

Twining, William, 1934-

Series:

Jurists-- profiles in legal theory

Jurists--profiles in legal theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.

Bentham, Jeremy.

Utilitarianism.

Physical Description:

xi, 190 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Bentham is reproduced here in full together with three classic essays that deal with key issues in understanding Bentham: his conversion to political radicalism, the relations between private and public ethics, and his theory of adjudication. An introduction and select bibliography by William Twining set the context and survey the developments in Bentham studies since the book's original publication in 1989.

Contents:

Bentham

Bentham's Transition to political radicalism, 1809-10

Bentham on Private ethics and the principle of utility

Adjudication under Bentham's Pannomion.

Notes:

Previously published: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-184) and index.

ISBN:

0804745196

080474520X

OCLC:

52271644