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This is kind of nit picky, but isn’t Jeremy Bentham typically credited as the founder of Utilitarianism? Not criticizing, genuinely curious as James Mills was b
by bladegash 6y ago
This is kind of nit picky, but isn’t Jeremy Bentham typically credited as the founder of Utilitarianism? Not criticizing, genuinely curious as James Mills was barely mentioned when I took philosophy coursework.
- dredmorbius 6y agoYes. I wanted to say that Bentham was JSM's godfather, though I'm finding no specific mention of this. He was, at the very least, a very close friend of JSM's father James Mill and an extraordinarily strong influence on John Stuart (middle name itself having an interesting story) in education and development. JSM himself was godfather to the godless Bertrand Russell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill https://www.winterwatch.net/2020/03/jeremy-bentham-british-elitist-agent-and-weird-pseudo-intellectual-godfather-of-utilitarianism/ https://www.winterwatch.net/2020/03/jeremy-bentham-british-e... https://www.thoughtco.com/john-stuart-mill-male-feminist-3530510 https://www.thoughtco.com/john-stuart-mill-male-feminist-353...