Jeremy Bentham, A View of the Hard-Labour Bill, 1778, Excerpts

This chapter explores C. K. Ogden’s project Basic English against the background of the contemporary international language movement. An exposition of the international language movement, its political and philosophical commitments, is followed by an examination of the features of Ogden’s Basic and the rhetoric surrounding it. The connections between the theories developed in The Meaning of Meaning and Basic English are looked at in detail. The chapter closes with a discussion of the influence of Jeremy Bentham and his Panopticon on Basic, and of the reaction of George Orwell to the project, as revealed in his published writings and correspondence with Ogden, and in Newspeak, his parody of constructed languages.

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Frieden durch Recht und Öffentlichkeit: Die Hoffnungen und Verwirrungen der ersten Utilitaristen

Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung ◽

10.3196/004433020829410505 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 228-252

Author(s):

Frédéric Rimoux

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

International Relations ◽

World Peace ◽

Individual Freedom ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

Collective Security ◽

War And Peace ◽

Political Realism ◽

International Thought

The international thought of the early utilitarian thinkers Jeremy Bentham and James Mill remains little known and largely misunderstood. Most commentators give them a superficial appreciation or criticize their supposed naivety, in both cases mostly assuming that Mill borrowed his thoughts from Bentham's writings alone. This questionable reception overlooks some essential aspects of Bentham's and Mill's extensive reflections on war and peace, in particular their constant effort to overcome the tension between individual freedom and collective security. In reality, the fertile dialogue between the two thinkers gradually crystallized into an independent utilitarian peace theory centered on law and public opinion as instruments of an ambitious reform of international relations according to the principle of utility. They managed to elaborate a fragile synthesis between liberal principles and considerations of political realism, which grants their utilitarian peace theory a singular place in the historical efforts to systematically define the conditions of world peace.

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The Three Basic Axioms of the Adam Smith-John Maynard Keynes Approach to Decision Making Versus the Three Basic Axioms of Jeremy Bentham and His students (Ricardo, Say, James Mills, J S Mills, Senior, Walras, and Marshall) Approach to Decision Making

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3311997 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Emmett Brady

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Adam Smith ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

John Maynard Keynes

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Judges and Appearances

10.1093/oso/9780198738619.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Breandán Mac Suibhne

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Negative Comment ◽

Hard Labour

Cruise had erred in charging the arrested men solely on the evidence of an accomplice (McGlynn), and the recantation of McHugh had then further weakened the case against them. With the exception of McHugh, the prisoners were released on bail at the July assizes to stand trial the following March. Then, five men—McHugh, John Breslin, William Maxwell, James Gallagher, and Cormac Gillespie—were convicted and sentenced to twenty months with hard labour; McHugh’s conviction was soon overturned on appeal. The case garnered considerable press attention, with the involvement of national teachers in the Molly Maguires drawing much negative comment in Tory newspapers. Meanwhile, the other men named by McGlynn—or at least those who had turned up in court—were now scheduled to appear at the summer assizes.

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All His Father’s Sins

10.1093/oso/9780198753155.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Timothy Larsen

Keyword(s):

Christian Faith ◽

Christian Identity ◽

Jeremy Bentham ◽

Church Of Scotland ◽

Parting Ways ◽

The Church ◽

Critique Of Religion

This chapter explores the life and thought of John Stuart Mill’s father, James Mill. It seeks to unravel his journey from pursuing the calling of an ordained Christian minister in the Church of Scotland to parting ways with the Christian faith altogether. It will also seek to understand James Mill’s mature critique of religion, as well as that of his friend the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, the author of several works critical of traditional Christianity. The unhappy marriage of John Stuart Mill’s parents is presented as a vital background for understanding his future choices and convictions. The Christian identity of his mother and siblings are also presented.

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