The public good ought to be the object of the legislator: the utility of the public, the motive of the legislator.
— Jeremy Bentham Early Modern

Utilitarianism founder

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Principles of the Civil Code

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1802 (published)

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Strange & Unusual

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https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/bentham-the-works-of-jeremy-bentham-vol-1

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