Who is jeremy bentham?

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Who is jeremy bentham?

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Jeremy Bentham was an English jurist, philosopher,

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Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ['benθəm] or ['bentəm]) (15 February 1748–6 June 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was the brother of Samuel Bentham. He was a political radical, and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism, for the concept of animal rights and his opposition to the idea of natural rights, with his oft-quoted statement that the idea of such rights is "nonsense upon stilts." He also influenced the development of welfarism.

He became known as one of the most influential of the utilitarians, through his own work and that of his students. These included his secretary and collaborator on the utilitarian school of philosophy, James Mill; James Mill's son John Stuart Mill; and several political leaders including Robert Owen, who later became a founder of socialism. He is also considered the godfather of University College London.

Bentham's position included arguments in favour of individual and economic freedom, the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the end of slavery, the abolition of physical punishment (including that of children), the right to divorce, free trade, usury, and the decriminalization of homosexual acts.

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Jeremy Bentham  was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer.

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Name Jeremy Bentham

Birth 15 February 1748

London, England

Death 6 June 1832

London, England

School/tradition Utilitarianism, Legal positivism

Main interests Political philosophy, Ethics, Economics

Notable ideas Greatest happiness principle

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John Locke.

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The father of utilitarianism.

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it seems he was a man ahead of his time, he was a philosopher and scocial reformer in the 19th century, got this link from wikipeadia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bent...

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Jeremy Bentham is the person who came up with utilitarianism and with that the pleasure measure. (its a great concept)

He now resides in UCL (university of central london) stuff with a fake head. His real head was stolen by some students who then played football with it, the head is now under his chair.

Also when there is a meeting to decide on whether a motion should be carried or not, if it is a tie, Jeremey is wheeled out and always votes in favour of the motion, even though he has no motion of his own.