Benthamism
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All four groups agreed in this claim for individual freedom, and the humanitarian tendencies of Benthamism were sacrificed to its pedantry.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
Benthamism, he says to himself, stands for individualism.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
The strong points of Benthamism may, I think, be summed up in two words.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Sydney Smith was glad to be Bentham's mouthpiece for the moment: though, when Benthamism was applied to church reform, Smith began to perceive that Noodle was not so silly as he seemed.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
This, whatever the ultimate truth, is in fact the essential core of all the Utilitarian doctrine descended from or related to Benthamism.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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