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Jeremy Bentham Quotes about Evil

All Jeremy Bentham Quotes Atheism Evil quotes Happiness Liberty Pain Pleasure Suffering

By utility is meant that property is any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness(all this in the present case come to the same thing) or (what comes again to the same thing)

By utility is meant that property is any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness(all this in the present case come to the same thing) or (what comes again to the same thing) to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil or unhappiness to the party who whose is considered: if that party be the community in general, then the happiness of the community; if a particular individual; then the happiness of that individual

Pain, Party, Evil

Jeremy Bentham (1879). “The Principles of Morals and Legislation”

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.

Evil, Impossible, Censorship

Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1840). “Theory of Legislation”, p.152

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

Punishment, Evil, Mischief

'Principles of Morals and Legislation' (1789) ch. 13, para. 2

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

Government, Evil, Publicity

Jeremy Bentham (1839). “The works of Jeremy Bentham, now first collected: under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring ...”, p.314

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