Author | Jeremy Bentham |
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Language | English |
Subject | Philosophy |
Publication date | 1789 |
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is a book by the English philosopher and legal theorist Jeremy Bentham "originally printed in 1780, and first published in 1789."[1] Bentham's "most important theoretical work,"[2] it is where Bentham develops his theory of utilitarianism and is the first major book on the topic.