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The Long Peace of the Nineteenth Century and the Birth of Sociology
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Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knöbl
Published: 04 November 2012
... and during the first third of the nineteenth centuries, utilitarians such as Jeremy Bentham and later James and John Stuart Mill were already singing the praises of free trade and its peace-promoting effects. This laid the foundations for at least one strand of liberal thought in the nineteenth century...
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John Stuart Mill and Company
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Bart Schultz
Published: 09 May 2017
... of Women , and the thirty-three volume Collected Works of John Stuart Mill . The chapter first provides an overview of Mill's early life and education before discussing the ways that he was influenced by his father James Mill and Jeremy Bentham. It then considers how Mill, together...
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Published online: 24 May 2018
Published in print: 09 May 2017
... and wrong,” utilitarianism was developed by the radical philosophers, critics, and social reformers William Godwin, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. Together, they had a profound influence on nineteenth-century reforms. Their work transformed life in ways we take...
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Jeremy Bentham’s Dream
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Bart Schultz
Published: 09 May 2017
...This chapter examines Jeremy Bentham's doctrine of utilitarianism and the principle of “the greatest happiness of the greatest number.” Bentham is known for his radical critique of society, which aimed to test the usefulness of existing institutions, practices and beliefs against an objective...
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War and Peace before Sociology: Social Theorizing on Violence from Thomas Hobbes to the Napoleonic Wars
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Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knöbl
Published: 04 November 2012
..., reveals four highly disparate theoretical standpoints from which authors explored these topics. There is the power-political realist position, associated with the name of Hobbes; the utilitarian-liberal conception, directly linked with the name of Jeremy Bentham, but which undoubtedly has roots...
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The Great Classical Tradition, 3: The Defense of the Faith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Published: 29 August 2017
... dealt with inequality and oppressive power, focusing on the initial defense advanced for the low wages of the laborer in comparison with the revenues of the employer and landlord. It also discusses the defense from Utilitarianism, led by Jeremy Bentham, and the views of John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer...
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Introduction
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Bart Schultz
Published: 09 May 2017
...This book presents biographical/philosophical sketches of the founders of classical utilitarianism such as William Godwin, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. The great irony of the legacy of utilitarianism is that its name has long been an obstacle to its message, an irony...
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Epilogue
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Bart Schultz
Published: 09 May 2017
...This book has explored some of the doubts and possibilities for different readings of the classical utilitarians, both positive and negative. It has shown how William Godwin, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and others were forever engaged in tackling both the reasons...
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Published: 12 May 2020
...This chapter introduces Henry Cole, who was heavily influenced by the ideas of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham and became the conduit for utilitarianism into the Royal Society of Arts. It analyzes Bentham's proposed alternative that based everything on a fundamental guiding principle of achieving...