Enlightenment · English
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, by Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Chapter I: Of the Principle of Utilityprose
- 03Chapter II: Of Principles Adverse to That of Utilityprose
- 04Chapter III: Of the Four Sanctions or Sources of Pain and Pleasureprose
- 05Chapter IV: Value of a Lot of Pleasure or Pain, How to Be Measuredprose
- 06Chapter V: Pleasures and Pains, Their Kindsprose
- 07Chapter VI: Of Circumstances Influencing Sensibilityprose
- 08Chapter VII: Of Human Actions in Generalprose
- 09Chapter VIII: Of Intentionalityprose
- 10Chapter IX: Of Consciousnessprose
- 111. Different senses of the word motive.prose
- 122. No motives either constantly good or constantly bad.prose
- 133. Catalogue of motives corresponding to that of Pleasures and Pains.prose
- 144. Order of pre-eminence among motives.prose
- 155. Conflict among motives.prose
- 16Chapter XI: Of Human Dispositions in Generalprose
- 171. Shapes in which the mischief of an act may show itself.prose
- 182. How Intentionality, &c. may influence the mischief of an act.prose
- 19Chapter XIII: Cases Unmeet for Punishment, 1. General view of cases unmeet for punishment.prose
- 202. Cases in which punishment is groundless.prose
- 213. Cases in which punishment must be inefficaciousprose
- 223. Cases where punishment is unprofitable.prose
- 233. Cases where punishment is needless.prose
- 24Chapter XIV: Of the Proportion Between Punishments and Offencesprose
- 25Chapter XV: Of the Properties to Be Given to a Lot of Punishmentprose
- 261. Classes of Offences.prose
- 272. Divisions and sub-divisions.prose
- 283. Genera of Class I.prose
- 294. Advantages of the present method.prose
- 305. Characters of the five classesprose
- 311. Limits between Private Ethics and the Art of Legislation.prose
- 322. Jurisprudence, its branches.prose