From Jeremy Bentham to Peter Singer

dans Centre Bentham

Auteur(s) :

Dardenne, Emilie

Éditeur(s)
- Revue d’études benthamiennes
Date
- 2010-09-13T02:00:00Z
Notes
- IntroductionIn this paper I would like to compare two forms of utilitarianism: the late eighteenth-century doctrine systematized by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and the philosophy advocated by its most visible contemporary proponent, Peter Singer (1946- ). Here is how the latter introduces the former in the headword “Ethics” of the Encyclopaedia Britannica:[…] Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) is properly considered the father of modern Utilitarianism. It was he who made the Utilitarian principle ser...
Langues
- Anglais
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