Jeremy Bentham on the Relief of Indigence: An Exercise in Applied Philosophy

Utilitas ◽

10.1017/s0953820800001345 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 81-96

Author(s):

Michael Quinn

Keyword(s):

Jeremy Bentham ◽

Poor Laws ◽

The Poor ◽

Applied Philosophy ◽

Public Responsibility ◽

Unpublished Works

This paper will attempt to provide an overview of Bentham's fundamental thinking with regard to the relief of indigence. The manuscripts on which it draws form the texts of unpublished works, namely a set of ‘Three Essays on the Poor Laws’, which were completed by Bentham, and ‘Pauper Systems Compared’, which remains in a comparatively unfinished state. In the ‘Essays’, Bentham considers first the question of whether the relief of indigence should be a public responsibility, and, having concluded that it should, moves on to consider what conditions should be attached to that relief. In ‘Systems Compared’, Bentham analyzes different systems of provision in terms of their compatibility with these conditions.

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Principles of legislation: From the ms. of Jeremy Bentham, bencher of Lincoln's Inn, 2nd. ed.

10.1037/11844-000 ◽

1830 ◽

Author(s):

M. Dumont

Keyword(s):

Jeremy Bentham

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An Immanent Criticism of Urban Design in Montevideo

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.02.399 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Washington MORALES

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Applied Ethics ◽

Form Of Life ◽

Political Reality ◽

Applied Philosophy ◽

Points Of View ◽

Philosophical Frameworks

The debate about the so called “excluding design” has been a focus for applied philosophy for several years. The structure of this debate is constituted by deontological and consequentialist’s applied ethics and as well as agonistic democratic approaches. This paper asks for the applicability of these points of view to the particular socio-political reality of Montevideo. Examining this reality closer, I hold that we cannot comprehend the recent aestheticization of the excluding design there through these contemporary philosophical frameworks. As an alternative philosophical procedure, I analyze the aestheticization of excluding design in Montevideo from Rahel Jaeggi’s immanent criticism. I hold that this process of aestheticization implies an ideological regressive “form of life”. And I also argue that the Uruguayan democracy is affected by this ideological regression. Nevertheless, because this aestheticization is not an exclusive Uruguayan phenomenon, this paper intends to open one direction in applied philosophy of urban design.

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Basic English

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474425032.003.0003 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

James McElvenny

Keyword(s):

George Orwell ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

International Language ◽

Basic English

This chapter explores C. K. Ogden’s project Basic English against the background of the contemporary international language movement. An exposition of the international language movement, its political and philosophical commitments, is followed by an examination of the features of Ogden’s Basic and the rhetoric surrounding it. The connections between the theories developed in The Meaning of Meaning and Basic English are looked at in detail. The chapter closes with a discussion of the influence of Jeremy Bentham and his Panopticon on Basic, and of the reaction of George Orwell to the project, as revealed in his published writings and correspondence with Ogden, and in Newspeak, his parody of constructed languages.

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Frieden durch Recht und Öffentlichkeit: Die Hoffnungen und Verwirrungen der ersten Utilitaristen

Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung ◽

10.3196/004433020829410505 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 228-252

Author(s):

Frédéric Rimoux

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

International Relations ◽

World Peace ◽

Individual Freedom ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

Collective Security ◽

War And Peace ◽

Political Realism ◽

International Thought

The international thought of the early utilitarian thinkers Jeremy Bentham and James Mill remains little known and largely misunderstood. Most commentators give them a superficial appreciation or criticize their supposed naivety, in both cases mostly assuming that Mill borrowed his thoughts from Bentham's writings alone. This questionable reception overlooks some essential aspects of Bentham's and Mill's extensive reflections on war and peace, in particular their constant effort to overcome the tension between individual freedom and collective security. In reality, the fertile dialogue between the two thinkers gradually crystallized into an independent utilitarian peace theory centered on law and public opinion as instruments of an ambitious reform of international relations according to the principle of utility. They managed to elaborate a fragile synthesis between liberal principles and considerations of political realism, which grants their utilitarian peace theory a singular place in the historical efforts to systematically define the conditions of world peace.

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The Three Basic Axioms of the Adam Smith-John Maynard Keynes Approach to Decision Making Versus the Three Basic Axioms of Jeremy Bentham and His students (Ricardo, Say, James Mills, J S Mills, Senior, Walras, and Marshall) Approach to Decision Making

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3311997 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Emmett Brady

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Adam Smith ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

John Maynard Keynes

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All His Father’s Sins

10.1093/oso/9780198753155.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Timothy Larsen

Keyword(s):

Christian Faith ◽

Christian Identity ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

Church Of Scotland ◽

Parting Ways ◽

The Church ◽

Critique Of Religion

This chapter explores the life and thought of John Stuart Mill’s father, James Mill. It seeks to unravel his journey from pursuing the calling of an ordained Christian minister in the Church of Scotland to parting ways with the Christian faith altogether. It will also seek to understand James Mill’s mature critique of religion, as well as that of his friend the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, the author of several works critical of traditional Christianity. The unhappy marriage of John Stuart Mill’s parents is presented as a vital background for understanding his future choices and convictions. The Christian identity of his mother and siblings are also presented.

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