%0 Journal Article
%T From Jeremy Bentham to Peter Singer
%A Emilie Dardenne
%J Revue d¡¯¨¦tudes Benthamiennes
%D 2010
%I Centre Bentham
%R 10.4000/etudes-benthamiennes.204
%X IntroductionIn this paper I would like to compare two forms of utilitarianism: the late eighteenth-century doctrine systematized by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and the philosophy advocated by its most visible contemporary proponent, Peter Singer (1946- ). Here is how the latter introduces the former in the headword ¡°Ethics¡± of the Encyclopaedia Britannica:[¡­] Jeremy Bentham (1748¨C1832) is properly considered the father of modern Utilitarianism. It was he who made the Utilitarian principle serv...
%U http://etudes-benthamiennes.revues.org/204