Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English, jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer.[1] He is best known as one of the first people to be for utilitarianism, animal rights and gay rights.[2][3]
Bentham was one of the most influential (classical) liberals, partially through his writings but particularly through his students all around the world, including John Stuart Mill and several political leaders (and Robert Owen, who later started the idea of socialism). He is believed to be the innovator of classical liberalism, a term first coined in the 19th century. After he died, his body was preserved and is on public display at University College London to this day
Refences
- ↑ Crimmins, James E. (2021). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2021 ed.). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.[dead link]
- ↑ MacAskill, William (2021). "Jeremy Bentham – Utilitarian Thinkers". Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online Textbook. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ↑ Offences Against Own's Self[dead link]
Jeremy Bentham Media
Portrait of Bentham by the studio of Thomas Frye, 1760–1762
Elevation, section and plan of Bentham's panopticon prison, drawn by Willey Reveley in 1791
Defence of Usury, 1788
Bentham's public dissection
Bentham's auto-icon in a new display case at University College London's Student Centre in 2020
Henry Tonks' imaginary scene of Bentham approving the building plans of London University
Jeremy Bentham House in Bethnal Green, East London; a modernist apartment block named after the philosopher
