Jeremy Bentham on Fallibility and Infallibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5306236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa Schwartzberg (0000-0003-1554-6535, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 562-586 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhi.2007.0033 |
| OpenAlex | W2021575713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Jeremy Bentham's arguments regarding fallibility and infallibility comprise a fundamental and distinctive dimension of his democratic theory. Writing against the assertion of infallibility in religious, political, and legal contexts, Bentham claimed that authorities encouraged a popular belief in their own infallibility as a means of corrupting the people's faculties of judgment. In so doing, rulers were able to secure their own interests against the public welfare and to inhibit the possibility of utilitarian reform. Such arguments may have influenced John Stuart Mill's well-known discussions of fallibility and infallibility in works including On Liberty
Epistemology · Infallibility · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
Bentham and Bureaucracy
The English Utilitarians, by John Plamenatz
Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice
Utility and Democracy
Bentham on the Identification of Interests
Essays on Bentham
Jeremy Bentham and Representative Democracy
Legislator Of The World? A Rereading of Bentham on Colonies
Bentham's Transition to Political Radicalism, 1809-10
Bentham's Handbook of Political Fallacies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |