Jeremy Bentham Quotes on Justice
Jeremy Bentham was an 18th and 19th-century English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer, the founder of modern utilitarian ethics. This page collects quotes attributed to Jeremy Bentham on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jeremy Bentham:
“It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”
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Attributed to Jeremy Bentham:
“The question is not, can they reason? nor, can they talk? but, can they suffer?”
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Attributed to Jeremy Bentham:
“Natural rights is simple nonsense; natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense, nonsense upon stilts.”
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Attributed to Jeremy Bentham:
“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”
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Attributed to Jeremy Bentham:
“Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.”