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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Bentham on Law and Morality (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks)
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Bentham on Law and Morality - Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks Author:Paul Kelly Jeremy Bentham is one of the great British philosophers and is known for his influence on theories of politics and jurisprudence. This guidebook explores the main aspects of Bentham's philosophical system and its influence on ethics and philosophy of law. Bentham on Law and Morality provides an accesible and sympathetic introduction to... more » Bentham's main ideas and links them to subsequent debates about the utility, law and morality. Examining his two central works Kellyassesses:
the ideas and text of An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation and Of Laws in General
Bentham's life and the background to his works
the continuing importance of Betham's work to political theory, ethics and law.