A Fragment On Government And An Introduction To The Principles Of Morals And Legislation
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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At the heart of Western political and moral philosophy stands Jeremy Bentham, the radical thinker whose utilitarian framework reshaped how governments and societies understand justice, law, and human happiness. This landmark volume unites two of his most foundational works: A Fragment on Government, a penetrating critique of Sir William Blackstone's constitutional conservatism, and An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, the systematic manifesto in which Bentham argues that the greatest happiness of the greatest number must be the supreme measure of all law and moral conduct. Together, these texts present the philosophical architecture of utilitarianism in its most direct and authoritative form, edited with a scholarly introduction by Wilfrid Harrison, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Bentham writes with the precision of a legal theorist and the conviction of a social reformer, dismantling received wisdom with relentless logical rigour and constructing in its place a rational science of legislation that proved profoundly influential on John Stuart Mill, legal positivism, and modern democratic governance. This 1948 Basil Blackwell edition represents a careful scholarly presentation of texts that remain as urgent and contested today as when Bentham first challenged the assumptions of his age — for those who believe that law must be justified by reason rather than tradition, these pages offer an argument that has never truly been answered.
Author: Jeremy Bentham
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, Basil Blackwell
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
At the heart of Western political and moral philosophy stands Jeremy Bentham, the radical thinker whose utilitarian framework reshaped how governments and societies understand justice, law, and human happiness. This landmark volume unites two of his most foundational works: A Fragment on Government, a penetrating critique of Sir William Blackstone's constitutional conservatism, and An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, the systematic manifesto in which Bentham argues that the greatest happiness of the greatest number must be the supreme measure of all law and moral conduct. Together, these texts present the philosophical architecture of utilitarianism in its most direct and authoritative form, edited with a scholarly introduction by Wilfrid Harrison, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Bentham writes with the precision of a legal theorist and the conviction of a social reformer, dismantling received wisdom with relentless logical rigour and constructing in its place a rational science of legislation that proved profoundly influential on John Stuart Mill, legal positivism, and modern democratic governance. This 1948 Basil Blackwell edition represents a careful scholarly presentation of texts that remain as urgent and contested today as when Bentham first challenged the assumptions of his age — for those who believe that law must be justified by reason rather than tradition, these pages offer an argument that has never truly been answered.