Books/Writings
Jeremy Bentham
1748 – 1832
English

Philosopher and jurist. He first employed the term utililitariansim and wrote and spoke widely on the importance of advancing the good of society through acts and rules. Bentham made up a "hedonic calculus" to measure how much pleasure an act would generate. He also turned his philosophy to the practical, designing an ideal school and prison.

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1759–1997Mary Wollstonecraft
1759–1833William Wilberforce
1703–1791John Wesley
1759–1836Charles Simeon
1743–1805William Paley
1737–1809Thomas Paine
1689–1762Lady Mary Montagu
1802–1876Harriet Martineau
1766–1834Thomas Malthus
1800–1859Thomas Macaulay
1792–1866John Keble
1795–1821John Keats
1820–1903Herbert Spencer
1832–1902G. A. Henty
1804–1881Benjamin Disraeli
1788–1824Lord George Byron
1778–1840George Brummell
1754–1825Thomas Bowdler
1757–1827William Blake
1775–1817Jane Austen
1822–1888Matthew Arnold