Principles of Morals and Legislation

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PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION (1781)

by

Jeremy Bentham

Table of Content

Preface
Chapter One - Of the Principle of Utility.
Chapter Two - Of Principles Adverse to that of Utility.
Chapter Three - Of the Four Sanctions or Sources of Pain and Pleasure.
Chapter Four - Value of a Lot of Pleasure, How to be Measured.
Chapter Five - Pleasures and Pains, Their Kinds.
Chapter Six - Of Circumstances Influencing Sensibility.
Chapter Seven - Of Human Actions in General.
Chapter Eight - Of Intentionality.
Chapter Nine - Of Consciousness.
Chapter Ten - Of Motives:
Chapter Eleven - Of Human Dispositions in General.
Chapter Twelve - Of the Consequences of a Mischievous Act.
Chapter Thirteen - Of Cases Unmeet for Punishment.
Chapter Fourteen - Of the Proportion Between Punishments and Offences.
Chapter Fifteen - Of the Properties to be Given to a Lot of Punishment.
Chapter Sixteen - Division of Offences:
Chapter Seventeen - Of the Limits of the Penal Branch of Jurisprudence.

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