JEREMY BENTHAM
\d͡ʒˈɛɹəmi bˈɛnθəm], \dʒˈɛɹəmi bˈɛnθəm], \dʒ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_m_i b_ˈɛ_n_θ_ə_m]\
Definitions of JEREMY BENTHAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
Sort: Oldest first
-
English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)
By Princeton University
-
English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
An English writer on ethics and jurisprudence (1748-1832). He was educated for the bar and studied the theory of law. Treatises on Government (1776), Usury (1787), Civil and Penal Legislation (1813), Fallacies (1824), and others; formed his collected works (11 vols., 1843). His guiding principle was the doctrine of utility.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.