Bentham was an atheist and in no sense of the word could he be described as a theologian.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Jeremy Bentham argued that ‘even in the best of times the great mass of citizens will most probably possess few resources other than their daily labour and, consequently, be always near indigence’. As long as...

Jeremy Bentham startled the world many years ago by stating in effect that if the amount of pleasure obtained from each be equal there is nothing to choose between poetry and push-pin. Since few people...