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The Principles Of Utilitarian Penal Law In Beccaria, Bentham And Mill, James E. Crimmins Jan 2011

The Principles Of Utilitarian Penal Law In Beccaria, Bentham And Mill, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins Jan 2006

Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Hobbes And Bentham: An Issue Of Influence, James E. Crimmins Jan 2002

Hobbes And Bentham: An Issue Of Influence, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

Andrews explores the apparent similarities and differences between the thought of Thomas Hobbes and Jeremy Bentham. Each man believed linguistic analysis and a descriptive or referential theory of language to be crucial to the development of a science of man and politics.


Bentham’S Religious Radicalism Revisited: A Response To Schofield, James E. Crimmins Jan 2001

Bentham’S Religious Radicalism Revisited: A Response To Schofield, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Ethics And The Science Of Legislation’ An Extract From Secular Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins Jan 2000

Ethics And The Science Of Legislation’ An Extract From Secular Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The Genius Debate And Jeremy Bentham, James E. Crimmins Jan 1998

The Genius Debate And Jeremy Bentham, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Jeremy Bentham And Daniel O’Connell: Their Correspondence And Radical Alliance, 1828–31, James E. Crimmins Jan 1997

Jeremy Bentham And Daniel O’Connell: Their Correspondence And Radical Alliance, 1828–31, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Canadian Prime Ministers In The House Of Commons: Patterns Of Intervention, James E. Crimmins, Paul Nesbitt-Larking Jan 1996

Canadian Prime Ministers In The House Of Commons: Patterns Of Intervention, James E. Crimmins, Paul Nesbitt-Larking

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Contending Interpretations Of Bentham’S Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins Jan 1996

Contending Interpretations Of Bentham’S Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

This article illustrates the contours of the continuing debate over Bentham's utilitarianism through an analysis of the secondary literature. It assesses the persuasiveness of the principal contemporary "authoritarian" (despotic, totalitarian, collectivist, behaviouralist, constructivist, panopticist and paternalist) and "individualist" (facilitative and liberal) interpretations of Bentham's thought, indicating where they are consistent with his writings and where they are not. Distinctions and conflicts between contending perspectives are found to be rooted in a reliance on different elements of Bentham's vast corpus and emphasis on different components of his utilitarian theory. An examination of the contending perspectives underscores the tensions in Bentham's thought, …


From An “Ultra Democrat” To An “Ultra Aristocrat”: Bentham Tracts In The Adams Collection, Quincy, Massachusetts, James E. Crimmins Jan 1994

From An “Ultra Democrat” To An “Ultra Aristocrat”: Bentham Tracts In The Adams Collection, Quincy, Massachusetts, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Bentham’S Political Radicalism Reexamined, James E. Crimmins Jan 1994

Bentham’S Political Radicalism Reexamined, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

Jeremy Bentham is a central figure in Elie Halevy's account of the transitional phase in the usage of the term "radical" and the form of politics it signified in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but a complete account of the "radical" nature of Bentham's thought would have to begin when he first developed the philosophical principles of his system in the 1770s. Bentham's political radicalism is examined.


Bentham’S Philosophical Politics, James E. Crimmins Jan 1993

Bentham’S Philosophical Politics, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Bentham’S Religious Writings: A Bibliographic Chronology, James E. Crimmins Jan 1993

Bentham’S Religious Writings: A Bibliographic Chronology, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The Canadian Senate: Comedy Or Remedy? A Modest Proposal For Senate Reform Along The Lines Of The British House Of Lords, James E. Crimmins Jan 1991

The Canadian Senate: Comedy Or Remedy? A Modest Proposal For Senate Reform Along The Lines Of The British House Of Lords, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The C.K. Ogden Papers At Mcmaster University: Bibliographia Benthamiana, James E. Crimmins, K E. Garay Jan 1991

The C.K. Ogden Papers At Mcmaster University: Bibliographia Benthamiana, James E. Crimmins, K E. Garay

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The Case For Negotiated Independence, James E. Crimmins, M R. Moore Jan 1990

The Case For Negotiated Independence, James E. Crimmins, M R. Moore

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The Common Law And Benthamic Praxis: Crimmins On Postema’, James E. Crimmins Jan 1990

The Common Law And Benthamic Praxis: Crimmins On Postema’, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Religion, Utility And Politics: Bentham Versus Paley, James E. Crimmins Jan 1989

Religion, Utility And Politics: Bentham Versus Paley, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


"A Hatchet For Paley’S Net:” Bentham On Capital Punishment And Judicial Discretion, James E. Crimmins Jan 1988

"A Hatchet For Paley’S Net:” Bentham On Capital Punishment And Judicial Discretion, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Stalemate In Northern Ireland?, James E. Crimmins, J F. Mcgarry Jan 1987

Stalemate In Northern Ireland?, James E. Crimmins, J F. Mcgarry

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Bentham’S Unpublished Manuscripts On Subscription To Articles Of Faith, James E. Crimmins Mar 1986

Bentham’S Unpublished Manuscripts On Subscription To Articles Of Faith, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


The Hillsborough Deal And The Lessons Of Sunningdale, James E. Crimmins Dr, J F. Mcgarry Jan 1986

The Hillsborough Deal And The Lessons Of Sunningdale, James E. Crimmins Dr, J F. Mcgarry

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


“The Study Of True Politics:” John Brown On Manners And Liberty, James E. Crimmins Jan 1986

“The Study Of True Politics:” John Brown On Manners And Liberty, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.


Bentham On Religion: Atheism And The Secular Society, James E. Crimmins Jan 1986

Bentham On Religion: Atheism And The Secular Society, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.