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Bentham, Law and Marriage

By Mary Sokol

Bentham, Law and Marriage Law

Bentham, Law and Marriage

By Mary Sokol

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Jeremy Bentham's law of marriage is firmly based on the principle of utility, which claims that all human actions are governed by a wish to gain pleasure and avoid pain, and on the proposition that men and women are equal. He wrote in a late eighteenth century context of Enlightenment debate about the status of women, marriage and the family, as did his contemporaries Wollstonecraft and More. Bentham responded particularly to the thought of Milton, Locke, Hume, Paley and to the French thinkers Montesquieu, Diderot and Rousseau. These were the turbulent years leading to the French Revolution and it is in this milieu that Mary Sokol seeks to rediscover the 'historical' Bentham. Instead of regarding his thought as 'timeless', she considers Bentham's attitude to the reform of marriage law and plans for the social reform of marriage, placing both his life and work in the philosophical and historical context of his time.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2013-01-17
Publication Date:
2013-01-17
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1623563224
ISBN13:
9781623563226
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
324 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
11 cm
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