Jeremy Bentham on Utility and Truth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11348116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Schofield (0000-0002-9997-4184, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1125-1142 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of European Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01916599.2015.1077153 |
| OpenAlex | W1753815576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Jeremy Bentham has two very strong commitments in his thought: one is to the principle of utility, or the greatest happiness principle, as the fundamental principle of morality; the other is to truth, as indicated, for instance, in his opposition to falsehood and fiction in the law. How, then, did Bentham view the relationship between utility and truth? Did he think that utility and truth simply coincided, and hence that falsehood necessarily led to a diminution in happiness, and conversely truth led to an increase in happiness? This article addresses this issue through two bodies of material: the first consists of Bentham's writings on religion under the heading of ‘Juggernaut’ and dating from 1811 to 1821; the second consists of the writings on judicial evidence dating from 1803 to 1812 and which appeared in Rationale of Judicial Evidence
Epistemology · Happiness · Jeremy bentham · Morality · Opposition (politics · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal principles and applications · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |