1832day.year
Jeremy Bentham
(1748 - 1832)
English jurist and philosopher
English jurist and philosopher
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and jurist.
He founded modern utilitarianism and advocated social reforms.
Born in 1748 in London, Bentham excelled in law and philosophy from a young age.
He proposed the principle of 'the greatest happiness for the greatest number'.
Bentham criticized traditional legal systems and called for prison and political reform.
His ideas influenced the development of democratic institutions and human rights.
Although he rejected monarchy and established church, he kept his body for public display as his 'auto-icon'.
Jeremy Bentham died in 1832, with his philosophical legacy enduring in ethics and law.
1832
Jeremy Bentham