Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) philosopher and reformer is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility law and politics/policy highlights include the succinct essay "On Retrenchment" and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major interpretative essays by Mark Canuel David Lieberman Jennifer Pitts and Philip Schofield.
The texts included in the book are:
-Sex
-An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and
Legislation Preface and Chapters 1-5
-Place and Time
-Rationale of Judicial Evidence Specially Applied to
English Practice Book 1 Chapter 1
-Constitutional Code Rationale Chapters 1 and 2
-Pannomial Fragments
-Panopticon or the Inspection-House Letters 1 2
and 6
-Of Publicity
-Manual of Political Economy Chapters 1 and 2
-Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations
on Sieyes)
-On Retrenchment