Law, Philosophy of, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, 19th Century British Philosophy, 18th Century British Philosophy, Constitutional Law - General & Miscellaneous, Legal Theory & Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous
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Ben-Dor (law, U. of Southampton) developed this book concerning critical constitutionalism from his doctoral thesis at University College London. In it, he interprets unpublished and recently published texts by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), first reconstructing the most general argument about Bentham's legal and political thought as a founder of utilitarianism, and then analyzing Bentham's work within the context of contemporary debates in legal and political philosophy. He concludes that the technical and reductionist methodology associated with utilitarianism don't do justice to the theory, which identifies the maximization of pleasure as the most fundamental self-interest guiding people. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 5, 2000
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Pages
336
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781841131115