Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Benthamwas an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 February 1748
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A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
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Unkind language is sure to produce the fruits of unkindness--that is, suffering in the bosom of others.
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The question is not can animals speak but can they suffer.
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What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
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I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!
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The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.
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The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year's time.
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The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?
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As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
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Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
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It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
We are not constrained by capital, but by opportunities as we grow,
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Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.