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Bentham

American

[ben-thuhm, -tuhm] / ˈbɛn θəm, -təm /

noun

Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.

Bentham British

/ ˈbɛnθəm /

noun

Jeremy . 1748–1832, British philosopher and jurist: a founder of utilitarianism. His works include A Fragment on Government (1776) and Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)

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Karen Bentham was 14 when she became a resident of Skircoat Lodge children's home.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Several homes were evacuated in Bentham Drive, off the Donegall Road, on Saturday afternoon while a house was searched.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

"These findings will be outlined at the inquest into the death of Savannah Bentham in due course."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Mill’s approach to utilitarianism differs from Bentham’s by introducing qualitative distinctions among pleasures, where Bentham only considers the quantitative aspects of pleasure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

I often amuse myself by trying to imagine what Bentham would have said of Benthamism expounded by Mill.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

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