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Writings on Australia, V. Third Letter to Lord Pelham
No full text‘Third Letter to Lord Pelham’, which is published here for the first time, sees Bentham take for his subject the ‘hulks and the “improved prisons”’. Disappointed at the government’s preference for these modes of punishment over the panopticon penitentiary, Bentham sought to demonstrate the failings of both in comparison to the panopticon, while being careful to maintain that New South Wales was inferior to both of them as an instrument of penal policy. In ‘Third Letter to Lord Pelham’ Bentham is especially sharp in his criticism of Pelham and his predecessor as Home Secretary the Duke of Portland for their having, for instance, not only ignored the high mortality among the convicts aboard the Portsmouth hulks but, also in having actively contributed to the conditions leading to that mortality. Bentham was, moreover, highly critical of Pelham’s appointment of Aaron Graham as Inspector of Hulks, which he regarded as an example of corrupt patronage, whereby the awful reality of the hulks would be obscured. In writing ‘Third Letter to Lord Pelham’, Bentham drew in particular upon information gleaned from the published works of, and correspondence and conversation with, the penal reformer and philanthropist James Neild
A Visit (in 1831) To Jeremy Bentham
No full textUpon the death of his father Jeremiah in 1792, Jeremy Bentham inherited the family home in Queen’s Square Place, Westminster. Queen’s Square Place consisted of two houses, and it was in the larger of these two residences that Bentham lived for the next forty years. Bentham referred to his abode as the Hermitage and himself as the Hermit. Despite this apparent reclusiveness, many notable statesmen, politicians, lawyers, and intellectuals visited him, although some equally prominent figures (such as Madame de Staël) were refused an audience.
This text is the most detailed account that has hitherto appeared of how Jeremy Bentham lived at Queen's Square Place, his home in Westminster, during his final years. The author, George Wheatley, visited Bentham in March 1831, and stayed with him for approximately three weeks. Six of Wheatley's letters sent to his sister during his stay, as well as six extracts from his journal, and a short commentary on John Hill Burton's 'Benthamiana', were collated and printed privately for the author by P.H. Youngman, Maldon, in about 1853. The resulting volume, 64 pages long and entitled 'A Visit (in 1830) to Jeremy Bentham' has been transcribed and lightly annotated, and is published online here for the first time. The only known copy of the text is in the possession of the Bentham Project.
The text also features an editorial introduction by Dr Kris Grint
Bentham and metaethics
No full text?Project Bentham? which has been started in 1968 is still in progress. This
effort of editing Bentham?s voluminous work is naturally accompanied with
?new readings? of Bentham?s old text. Some of those editorial readings shade
some light on some of Bentham?s almost forgotten endeavors in the areas of
philosophy of language and logic. In this paper author analyze some Bentham?s
ideas significant for the contemporary metaethics: 1) facts/values
distinction; 2) analytical approach to the language in general; and 3) the
theory of fictitious entities. The author concludes that some of Bentham?s
analysis and proposals are similar to Charles Stevenson?s metaethical
?emotivism?.</jats:p
Offences Against One\u27s Self: Paederasty Part 1
No full textThis is the first publication of Jeremy Bentham\u27s essay on Paederasty, written about 1785, The essay, which runs to over 60 manuscript pages, is the first known argument for homosexual law reform in England. Bentham advocates the decriminalization of sodomy, which in his day was punished by hanging. He argues that homosexual acts do not weaken men, or threaten population or marriage, and documents their prevalence in ancient Greece and Rome. Bentham opposes punishment on utilitarian grounds and attacks ascetic sexual morality. In the preceding article the editor\u27s introduction discussed the essay in the light of 18th-century legal opinion and quoted Bentham\u27s manuscript notes that reveal his anxieties about expressing his views. Edited from the author\u27s manuscript by Louis Crompton
Ensaio IV: Um Plano para uma Paz Universal e Perpétua / Essay IV – A Plan for an Universal and Perpetual Peace
No full textO artigo “Ensaio IV: Um plano para uma Paz Universal e Perpétua”, de Jeremy Bentham, é uma contribuição da BJIR aos leitores brasileiros. Ele é um texto clássico, pouco explorado na disciplina de Relações Internacionais no país e que, até então, não possuía tradução na língua portuguesa. No geral, o autor traça um plano para uma paz universal e perpétua e busca convencer a opinião pública global por meio da imprensa de que ele atenderá ao bem comum de todas as nações civilizadas. Para tanto, segundo Bentham, faz-se necessário que todas as nações assumam como seus três grandes objetivos: simplicidade de governo, parcimônia nacional e paz. The paper “Essay IV: A plan for a universal and perpetual peace”, by Jeremy Bentham, is a contribution from BJIR to the readers. This is a classic essay, little-known in international relations academy in the country and that, then, wasn't translated to portuguese. In general, the author creates a plan for universal and perpetual peace and seeks to convinve the global public opinion, using the press as means, that it would serve to common well of all civilized nations. To do so, according to Betham, it is necessary that all nations assume its three great goals: govern simplicity, national parsimony and peace
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