Primary Sources:
Bentham, Jeremy. Bentham: A Fragment on Government. Edited by Ross Harrison, Cambridge University Press, 1988. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bentham-a-fragment-on-government/FD26D81A692C949C624FDF6622F41774 Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. A Manual of Political Economy, 1800. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Manual_of_Political_Economy/z7NkHAAACAAJ?hl=en. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. A Protest Against Law-Taxes. Czechia, Good Press, 2021. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Protest_against_Law_Taxes/Q5AsEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Circulating Annuities, United Kingdom, Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, 1801. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Circulating_Annuities_c_By_Jeremy_Bentha/Rs0QMwEACAAJ?hl=en. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Codification Proposal addressed … to all Nations professing liberal opinions. United Kingdom, J. M’Creery, 1822. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Codification_Proposal_addressed_to_all_N/micGK-3e6XoC?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Codification%20Proposal,%20Addressed%20…%20to%20all%20Nations%20Professing%20Liberal%20Opinions. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Defence of Economy Against the Right Hon. George Rose. United Kingdom, N.p, 1817. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Defence_of_Economy_Against_the_Right_Hom/CtgyAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Defense of Usury: Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains; in Letters to a Friend. To which is Added, A Letter to Adam Smith … on the Discouragements Opposed by the Above Restraints to the Progress of Inventive Industry. United Kingdom, Payne and Foss, 1816. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Defence_of_Usury/yq9cAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Deontology; Or, The Science of Morality. United Kingdom, Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, Green, and Longman, 1834. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Deontology_Or_The_Science_of_Morality_in/hoaXYPKFt6cC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. Draught of a New Plan for the Organisation of the Judicial Establishment in France. United Kingdom, March, 1790. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Draught_of_a_New_Plan_for_the_Organisati/RFlNAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
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Bentham, Jeremy. Supply without Burthen; or Escheat vice Taxation. United Kingdom, J. Debrett, 1795. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Supply_without_Burthen_or_Escheat_vice_T/FuT9WSBxxX0C?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
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Bentham, Jeremy, and Mill, John Stuart. The Classical Utilitarians. United States, Hackett Publishing Company Inc., 2003. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Classical_Utilitarians/58pgDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. United Kingdom, Clarendon Press, 1996. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Introduction_to_the_Principles_of_Mor/ffTnrjDFKNEC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Bentham, Jeremy. The Influence of Natural Religion on the Temporal Happiness of Mankind. United States, Prometheus, 2012. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Influence_of_Natural_Religion_on_the/BRoHQqZFhrkC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
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Bentham, Jeremy. Theory of Legislation. Translated by Dumont, Etienne and Hildreth, Richard, United Kingdom, Trübner, 1864. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Theory_of_Legislation/iLEzAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
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Mill, John Stuart and Bentham, Jeremy, Rationale of Judicial Evidence: Specially Applied to English Practice. United Kingdom, Hunt and Clarke, 1827. Google Books, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rationale_of_Judicial_Evidence/3AMhuzyOP_oC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 10 October 2022.
Secondary Sources:
- Crimmins, James E. “Jeremy Bentham.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 8 Dec. 2021, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bentham/.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy gives an in-depth description of Jeremy Bentham’s life, philosophical views, and his take on politics and economy as well. This article goes through his important theories such as; utilitarianism, legal theory, and hedonism. Bentham was a lawyer who spent his life developing political, economic, and philosophical claims that all intertwined and ultimately led to him becoming a famous name in academia.
- Sweet, William. “Jeremy Bentham (1784-1832).” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://iep.utm.edu/jeremy-bentham/
This source goes into detail about Bentham’s various contributions to philosophy, namely, his Utilitarianism, his legal theories which advocated for legal reform, and his views on human nature. He believed that pain and pleasure were the governing forces in nature (hedonism) and an action should be judged based on its consequences. Aside from his work in moral philosophy, he spent a lot of his life on political philosophy and more specifically philosophy of law.
- West, Henry R. “Utilitarianism.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 26 July 1999, https://www.britannica.com/topic/utilitarianism-philosophy.
This source is about Bentham’s contribution to Utilitarianism. It connects his theory that an action is morally right if it produces the greatest amount of utility (specifically happiness for Bentham), to his contemporaries and other forms of this view. It also includes a great deal of information about John Stuart Mill who was the other ‘father of utilitarianism’ alongside Bentham.