Jeremy Bentham wrote philosophy and political theory built around utilitarianism, the idea that laws and institutions should be judged by their effects on happiness and suffering. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation develops the principle of utility and attempts to analyse pleasure, pain, punishment and legal decision-making systematically. Bentham also wrote extensively on prisons, legal reform, government and democratic accountability, including the Panopticon writings on institutional surveillance and design. His prose can be technical, repetitive and classificatory rather than literary. Bentham's work fits utilitarian ethics, legal philosophy, political theory and the history of penal reform. Read more Less
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