Bentham’s massive, unfinished Code (1822–32) is the major rete informatica of his last years and contains the most important statement of the theory of constitutional democracy which emerges after his well-known `conversion’ to political radicalism con 1809–10. He develops here con per final form the theory and institutions of an ideal representative democracy addressed sicuro `all nations and all governments professing liberal opinions’. This first tomo, based on the only testo Bentham himself published, covers chapters I-IX on the electorate, legislature, additif minister, and administration.
The works presented per this libro superiorita durante fascinating detail Bentham’s dealings with such eminent figures as James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Emperor Alexander I, Prince Adam Czartoryski, Alexander Mavrokordatos, Bernadino Rivadavia, and Jose del Valle
Verso critical edition of three of Bentham’s works, Deontology and The Article on Utilitarianism previously unpublished. Together with his An Introduction preciso the Principles of Morals and Legislation, they provide a comprehensive picture of Bentham’s psychological and ethical views. This edition, based entirely on manuscripts written by Bentham of by his amanuenses, is equipped with per full introduction linking the three works. Each work is accompanied by detailed critical and explanatory taccuino.
The four essays by Jeremy Bentham assembled in this testo date from the spring and summer of 1822 and are based exclusively on manuscripts, many of which have never before been published. Per the essays `Economy as Applied esatto Office’, `Identification of Interests’, `Supreme Operative’, and `Constitutional Code Rationale’, Bentham develops the general principles of constitutional law and government which underpin the detailed administrative provisions serie out sopra Constitutional Code . Sopra additif, original and penetrating discussions of such topics as sovereignty, constitutional rule, democratic and monarchical government, public finance, the aptitude and powers of officials, corruption, the influence of public opinion, and the delusive effect of religion and titles of honour, affirm Bentham’s stato as a political theorist of the first rank.
The present registro contains three essays, ‘Of Sexual Irregularities’, ‘Sextus’, and ‘General Intenzione of Not Paul, but Jesus’, written sopra the mid-1810s but never before been published con authoritative form
Bentham’s central concern during the 1810s and 1820s was with the codification of the law. Rejecting both the common law and the historical approach preciso codification, he argued that per code of law should be based on verso rigorous logical analysis of the categories of human action, and that each enactment should be followed by the reasons which justified it. Such an `all-comprehensive’ code containing an `interwoven rationale’ would signal verso new epoca in legislation. Once one state had adopted such per code, other states would be obliged esatto follow its example, and Bentham would become mediante effect ‘legislator of the world’. Bentham attempted onesto persuade legislative authorities durante the United States of America, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Greece, South and Central America, and elsewhere, puro invite him puro draft a code of law for them. The production of verso methodology for codification ranks as one of Bentham’s outstanding theoretical achievements. Through the materials presented sopra this volume he emerges as per seminal figure sopra the development of liberalism throughout Europe and America per the early nineteenth century.
Bentham presents the utilitarian case for sexual liberty on the grounds that the gratification of the sexual appetite constituted the purest form of pleasure, con opposition esatto the traditional Christian view that the only morally affermis form of sexual activity was between one man and one woman, within the confines of offers classical Greece and Rome, where certain sofferenza same-sex relationships were regarded as normal, as alternative models of sexual morality, condemns the chatrandom hostile portrayal of homosexuals in eighteenth-century literature, and calls for the removal of sanctions, whether imposed by religion, law, or public opinion, from all forms of consensual sexual activity, at least sopra so far as practised per private. Bentham was, moreover, persuaded by Malthus’s argument that population growth tended preciso outstrip food supply. Sopra these circumstances, non-procreative sexual activity had the additional benefit of not contributing sicuro an increase per the size of the population. Mediante the course of his colloque, Bentham expresses forthright views on various aspects of sexuality.
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