Benthamism
noun
the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.
Benthamite
-
a word derived from
Benthamism.
Example Sentences
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“By any Benthamite pleasure/pain calculation, the sum is less than zero. A net negative of suffering. Which makes you wonder why anybody plays at all.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2018
Civil rights, religious tolerance, and a fundamental commitment to Benthamite individualistic values in a Popperian “open society” have paid off handsomely, but they are not guaranteed.
From Forbes ● Dec. 13, 2011
How came they to know that God is a mere "utilitarian;" or, if they do not believe in God, that nature is a miserable "Benthamite?"
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
One of his assistants, C. H. Cameron, was an ardent Benthamite, and the code, in any case, was an accomplishment of Benthamite aspirations.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
My brother, in fact, became before long what he always remained, a thorough Benthamite with certain modifications.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
