It makes me think of my first day in UCL in London where you will find, outside the main library, a "mummified" statue of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), UCL's patron and founder. His greatest contribution to economics, politics and philosophy was the idea that "what distinguished right from wrong in Society, be it civil or economic society …
It makes me think of my first day in UCL in London where you will find, outside the main library, a "mummified" statue of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), UCL's patron and founder. His greatest contribution to economics, politics and philosophy was the idea that "what distinguished right from wrong in Society, be it civil or economic society was the creation of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people".
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) followed on from Bentham espousing the theory of Utilitarianism governing the economic relations between individuals in society; the greatest utility to the greatest number carried the decision as to "right and wrong". Later in life he tended towards the end of the scale that limited the power of the individual and his freedom for the greater "utility" of the people.
However, he deemed that there were exceptions and expressed them in his work "On Liberty" (1859). This book addresses the nature and limits of the power that can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. However, Mill is clear that his concern for liberty does not extend to all individuals and all societies. He states that "Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with Barbarians." And this is the only part that the Republicans have ever understood.
It makes me think of my first day in UCL in London where you will find, outside the main library, a "mummified" statue of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), UCL's patron and founder. His greatest contribution to economics, politics and philosophy was the idea that "what distinguished right from wrong in Society, be it civil or economic society was the creation of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people".
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) followed on from Bentham espousing the theory of Utilitarianism governing the economic relations between individuals in society; the greatest utility to the greatest number carried the decision as to "right and wrong". Later in life he tended towards the end of the scale that limited the power of the individual and his freedom for the greater "utility" of the people.
However, he deemed that there were exceptions and expressed them in his work "On Liberty" (1859). This book addresses the nature and limits of the power that can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. However, Mill is clear that his concern for liberty does not extend to all individuals and all societies. He states that "Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with Barbarians." And this is the only part that the Republicans have ever understood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham