Jeremy Bentham (15 February 1748 − 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

Further reading

Bentham, Jeremy (1838–43) The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Published under the Superintendence of his Executor, John Bowring, Edinburgh: William Tait.

Crimmins, James E. (2015) Jeremy Bentham, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, March 17 (updated 4 May 2021).

MacAskill, William & Darius Meissner (2020) Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism.

Sweet, William (2001) Jeremy Bentham (1748—1832), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, April 11.

The Bentham Project (1999) About Jeremy Bentham, The Bentham Project.

Related entries

classical utilitarianism | hedonism | John Stuart Mill | utilitarianism