James Vitali
Biographic Data
| ID | 6251411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Vitali |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Vitali |
| SIGNATURE | VITALI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4305-2807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The political realism of Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham is usually seen as an anti-realist political thinker, or a proponent of what Bernard Williams has termed ‘political moralism’. This article questions that prevalent view and suggests instead that there are good grounds for considering Bentham a political realist. Bentham’s political thought has considerable commonalities with that of the sociologist and political realist Max Weber: both agree that politics is a unique domain of hum…
Representative, deputy, or delegate? Jeremy Bentham’s theory of representative democracy
This article argues that Jeremy Bentham put forward a distinctive and original theory of representative democracy which can be helpfully analysed through his concept of the 'deputy'. A deputy, Bentham argued, evoked a specific political relationship between governors and the governed – a relationship that was functionally different to that between the people and a 'representative' or a 'delegate'. Whereas a representative was suggestive of too gr…
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The political realism of Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham is usually seen as an anti-realist political thinker, or a proponent of what Bernard Williams has termed ‘political moralism’. This article questions that prevalent view and suggests instead that there are good grounds for considering Bentham a political realist. Bentham’s political thought has considerable commonalities with that of the sociologist and political realist Max Weber: both agree that politics is a unique domain of hum…
Representative, deputy, or delegate? Jeremy Bentham’s theory of representative democracy
This article argues that Jeremy Bentham put forward a distinctive and original theory of representative democracy which can be helpfully analysed through his concept of the 'deputy'. A deputy, Bentham argued, evoked a specific political relationship between governors and the governed – a relationship that was functionally different to that between the people and a 'representative' or a 'delegate'. Whereas a representative was suggestive of too gr…
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