Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility, law, and politics/policy, highlights include the succinct essay “On Retrenchment†and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major interpretative essays by Mark Canuel, David Lieberman, Jennifer Pitts, and Philip Schofield.
The texts included in the book are:
   -Sex
   -An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and
    Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1–5
   -Place and Time
   -Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to
    English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1
   -Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2
   -Pannomial Fragments
   -Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2,
    and 6
   -Of Publicity
   -Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2
   -Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations
    on Sieyes)
   -On Retrenchment
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