Benthamites
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Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Followers of Bentham applying the principle of utility to legislation, praised for method but criticized for overgeneralizing human happiness.
Bentham and his disciples have displayed a tendency to underestimate the diversity between human beings.
he cannot perceive, as Bentham and his disciples saw, or thought they saw, a definite principle by the application whereof bad laws might in every case be either got rid of or amended.
It is closely connected with the tendency of all individualists to neglect the social aspect of human nature.