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Bentham on Liberty
Jeremy Bentham's idea of liberty in relation to his utilitarianism
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Douglas Long
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English
Published/Copyright:
1977
About this book
Bentham on Liberty focuses on the crucial formative years, when the English social philosopher Jeremy Bentham was in his twenties and thirties between 1770 and 1790, and draws on the unpublished manuscripts held at University College, London, to throw a new light on his early intellectual development.
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Long Douglas :
DOUGLAS LONG has been associated with the Bentham Research Project at University College, London, and is a member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
1 - PART ONE/ INSPIRATION
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1. The Enlightenment
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2. The school of example: influential writers on liberty
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3. The school of experience: some issues and thinkers of the 1760sand1770s
45 - PART TWO/ INVENTION
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4. Fundamental words
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5. A'Comment'and a'Fragment'
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6. Fundamental propositions
98 - PART THREE/ EXPANSION AND APPLICATION
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7. Of Laws in General
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8. 'Indirect legislation' and 'Matters of place and time'
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9. Two branches of the law
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10. Civil law
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11. The fruits of invention
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12. Freedom of the press and public discussion
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13. Epilogue: Philosophy, science, politics, and Bentham's social thought
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 15, 1977
eBook ISBN:
9781487576141
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312
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9781487576141
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
