Bentham on Pleasure

Jeremy Bentham’s Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is a definitive early statement of the basis of utilitarianism: how do we achieve the greatest happiness of the greatest number? David looks at Bentham’s rationale for this approach and the many criticisms it has faced. Bentham has often been accused of reducing politics to mechanical calculation and missing what really matters. But given the time in which he was writing, wasn’t the prioritisation of pleasure the most radical idea of all? Free online version of text Recommended version to purchase Going deeper… Philip Lucas and Anne Sheeran, ‘Asperger’s Syndrome and the Eccentricity and Genius of Jeremy Bentham’ (2006) Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1975) Thomas McMullan, ‘What does the panopticon mean in the age of digital surveillance?’, The Guardian (2015) (Audio) In Our Time , Utilitarianism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bentham on Pleasure is an episode from Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS.

This episode is 47:35 long.

This episode was published on Feb 9, 2021.

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