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PITHY QUOTE FROM Bentham: Works
The humanity of a king would lead him to pardon at the expense of penal justice. He would do good on a small scale, harm on a large scale, so that there would be a great loss in the balance. Virtue, doing a small quantity of good, may be accompanied with vice in great quantity. A man is rescued from prison whose death might be a public benefit.
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Deontology, Appendix C: "Hume's Virtues"
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Electronic Edition.
ISBN: 978-1-57085-008-0
Language: English
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Jeremy Bentham by William Henry Worthington. Line and stipple engraving, published 1823. By permission, National Portrait Gallery, London
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List of ContentsThe Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham contains Bentham's published and unpublished works from the definitive and ongoing Bentham Project (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project). A fundamental reference source for law, political science, philosophy, colonialism, slavery, and education. Bentham, Jeremy. A Comment on the Commentaries and A Fragment on Government. Edited by J. H. Burns and H. L. A. Hart. London: Athlone Press, 1977. _____. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Edited by J. H Burns and H. L. A. Hart. London: The Athlone Press, 1970._____. Of Laws in General. Edited by H. L. A. Hart. London: The Athlone Press, 1970. _____. Constitutional Code, Vol. I. Edited by F. Rosen and J. H. Burns. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. _____. Deontology together with A Table of the Springs of Action and Article on Utilitarianism. Edited by Amnon Goldworth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. _____. Chrestomathia. Edited by M. J. Smith and W. H. Burston. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. _____. First Principles preparatory to Constitutional Code. Edited by Philip Schofield. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. _____. Securities against Misrule and other Constitutional Writings for Tripoli and Greece. Edited by Philip Schofield. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. _____. Official Aptitude Maximized; Expense Minimized. Edited by Philip Schofield. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. _____. Colonies, Commerce, and Constitutional Law: Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria and other writings on Spain and Spanish America. Edited by Philip Schofield. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. _____. 'Legislator of the World': Writings on Codification, Law, and Education. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. |
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