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Ideas of Jeremy Bentham, by Text
[British, 1748 - 1832, Born in London. Helped to found University College, London.]
1789
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Intro to Principles of Morals and Legislation
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p.8
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5901
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Is 'productive of happiness' the definition of 'right', or the cause of it? [Ross]
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p.129
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3554
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Bentham thinks happiness is feeling good, but why use morality to achieve that? [Annas]
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p.144
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5934
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Of Bentham's 'dimensions' of pleasure, only intensity and duration matter [Ross]
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I.1
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p.33
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3777
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Pleasure and pain control all human desires and duties
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I.4
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p.35
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3778
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The community's interest is a sum of individual interests
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II.14 n8.9
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p.52
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3779
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Unnatural, when it means anything, means infrequent
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II.18
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p.56
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3780
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We must judge a thing morally to know if it conforms to God's will
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IV.1
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p.64
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3781
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The value of pleasures and pains is their force
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XVIII 1 n
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p.50
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20280
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Large mature animals are more rational than babies. But all that really matters is - can they suffer?
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1796
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Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights
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p.
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20977
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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts
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II.523
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p.361
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21003
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Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary
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1827
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Constitutional Code I
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p.139
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p.114
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5271
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Prejudice apart, push-pin has equal value with music and poetry
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