Benthamism

[ ben-thuh-miz-uhm, -tuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Benthamism

/ ˈbɛnθəˌmɪzəm /

the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it

First recorded in 1820–30; Bentham + -ism

During the eighteenth century Benthamism had gone through its period of incubation.

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

The strong points of Benthamism may, I think, be summed up in two words.

But what was the message which could reach a hard-headed young 'lawyer by nature' with a turn for Benthamism?

The argument shows the way in which his religious beliefs were combined with his Benthamism.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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