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| | If killing one innocent man saves ten other lives, then utilitarianism would favor it. Under utilitarianism there is no Christian morality, and it is replaced by comparing benefits versus costs. | | If killing one innocent man saves ten other lives, then utilitarianism would favor it. Under utilitarianism there is no Christian morality, and it is replaced by comparing benefits versus costs. |
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| − | Bentham influenced socialist reformer [[Robert Owen]], who agreed with Bentham's idea of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number",<ref name=appraisal /> and he participated in the rebuttal to the [[Declaration of Independence]], in which he argued that America was hypocritical for proclaiming "all men are equal" while at the same time not freeing every single slave.<ref>An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, Answer to Article XXVII</ref> He was also a major influence on the [[liberal]] philosopher and [[atheist]] [[John Stuart Mill]], and a friend of his father, [[James Mill]]. | + | Bentham influenced socialist reformer [[Robert Owen]], who agreed with Bentham's idea of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number",<ref name=appraisal /> and he participated in the rebuttal to the [[Declaration of Independence]], in which he argued that America was hypocritical for proclaiming "all men are equal" while at the same time not freeing every single slave.<ref>An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, Answer to Article XXVII</ref> He was also a major influence on the [[liberal]] philosopher and [[atheist]] [[John Stuart Mill]], and a friend of his father, James Mill. |
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| | Bentham developed the idea of the [[Panopticon]]. | | Bentham developed the idea of the [[Panopticon]]. |
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| − | ==References== | + | == Quotes == |
| − | <references /> | + | {{cquote|As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.<ref>https://quotefancy.com/quote/1090548/Jeremy-Bentham-As-to-the-evil-which-results-from-censorship-it-is-impossible-to-measure#:~:text=Jeremy%20Bentham%20Quote%3A%20%E2%80%9CAs%20to,tell%20where%20it%20...%E2%80%9D</ref>}} |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | * [https://archive.org/details/cihm_20519 An answer to the Declaration of the American Congress],John Lind and Jeremy Bentham, 1776 | | * [https://archive.org/details/cihm_20519 An answer to the Declaration of the American Congress],John Lind and Jeremy Bentham, 1776 |
| | * [https://librivox.org/author/290 Works by Jeremy Bentham - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]] | | * [https://librivox.org/author/290 Works by Jeremy Bentham - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]] |
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