Definitions for Benthamism

Benthamism Ben·tham·ism

Spelling: [ben-thuh-miz-uh m, -tuh-]
IPA: /ˈbɛn θəˌmɪz əm, -tə-/

Benthamism is a 10 letter English word.

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Definitions for Benthamism

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  1. the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.

Origin of Benthamism

First recorded in 1820-30; Bentham + -ism

Examples for Benthamism

For this was the age of Benthamism in social philosophy and "German neology" in biblical criticism.

The strong points of Benthamism may, I think, be summed up in two words.

I will take another test of Benthamism by Darwinism, which will more exactly bring out the argument for which I contend.

For all its philanthropy, Benthamism did not settle the problem of the conditions of life among the working classes.

Benthamism was thus a profoundly modifying force in other fields than that of politics.

It is easy to find fallacies in the philosophy of Benthamism.

Benthamism, however, in point of fact, is felt as a new principle precisely in so far as it discards the old morality.

The student, therefore, comes to wonder if there is anything which is not Benthamism.

The failure was of the sort which was inevitably incident to Benthamism.

I often amuse myself by trying to imagine what Bentham would have said of Benthamism expounded by Mill.

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