Jeremy Bentham Quotes

7 quotes from 7 authors

These seven bite‑size quotes capture Bentham’s push for the greatest happiness of the most people, his stark vision of a surveillance‑ready prison, and his relentless quest to measure pleasure. For readers seeking depth, road‑safety and racing‑culture pages unpack the risks and rewards, while driving‑psychology examines why we press the pedal.

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“ Jeremy Bentham argued that 'even in the best of times the great mass of citizens will most probably possess few resources…

Linda McQuaig

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“At the end of the eighteenth century the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham declared that the supreme good is ‘the greatest happiness of…

Yuval Noah Harari

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“John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament,…

John Stuart Mill

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As Jeremy Bentham had asked about animals well over two hundred years ago, the question was not whether they could reason or…

Chris Bohjalian

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“British philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s eighteenth-century conception of the Panopticon, a building design he believed would allow institutions to effectively control human behavior.”

Glenn Greenwald

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“ Jeremy Bentham startled the world many years ago by stating in effect that if the amount of pleasure obtained from each…

W. Somerset Maugham

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Look at the great tradition of Western political philosophy. Those people were all immersed in revolutionary movements. Most weren't career academics -…

Martha Nussbaum

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