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Originally printed in 1780, and first published in 1789, this work contains Bentham's most famous analysis of the principle of utility, wherein he distinguishes between its role in explaining why agents act as they do, and in pointing out the way in which they ought to act. The work also includes seminal discussions of the limits of legislation and the nature of offences and punishment. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The new critical edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) is being prepared and published under the supervision of the Bentham Committee of University College London. Despite his importance as jurist, philosopher, social scientist, and leader of the Utilitarian reformers, the only previous edition of his works was a poorly edited and incomplete one brought out within a decade or so of his death. Eight volumes of the new Collected Works (five of correspondence and three of writings on jurisprudence) were published between 1968 and 1981 by the Athlone Press. A further six volumes of correspondence and eleven other works have been published by Oxford University Press since 1983. Work is currently being undertaken on further volumes of correspondence, and writings on political reform at the time of the French Revolution, on the Poor Laws, on Language and Logic, and on Evidence and Judicial Procedure. The overall plan and principles of the edition are set out in the General Preface to The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, volume 1. It is now estimated that the edition will run to some sixty or so volumes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Originally printed in 1780, and first published in 1789, this work contains Bentham's most famous analysis of the principle of utility, wherein he distinguishes between its role in explaining why agents act as they do, and in pointing out the way in which they ought to act. The work also includes seminal discussions of the limits of legislation and the nature of offences and punishment. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The new critical edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) is being prepared and published under the supervision of the Bentham Committee of University College London. Despite his importance as jurist, philosopher, social scientist, and leader of the Utilitarian reformers, the only previous edition of his works was a poorly edited and incomplete one brought out within a decade or so of his death. Eight volumes of the new Collected Works (five of correspondence and three of writings on jurisprudence) were published between 1968 and 1981 by the Athlone Press. A further six volumes of correspondence and eleven other works have been published by Oxford University Press since 1983. Work is currently being undertaken on further volumes of correspondence, and writings on political reform at the time of the French Revolution, on the Poor Laws, on Language and Logic, and on Evidence and Judicial Procedure. The overall plan and principles of the edition are set out in the General Preface to The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, volume 1. It is now estimated that the edition will run to some sixty or so volumes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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