Jeremy Bentham1748–1832- An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789; 1823), Ch. 17: Of the Limits of the Penal Branch of Jurisprudence
The question is not Can they reason?, nor Can they talk?, but Can they suffer?
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789; 1823), Ch. 17: Of the Limits of the Penal Branch of Jurisprudence- “Extracts from Bentham’s Commonplace Book”, in Collected Works, x, p. 142
- Principles of Legislation (1830), Ch. X: Analysis of Political Good and Evil; How they are spread in society
- Théorie des peines et des récompenses (1811); translation by Richard Smith, The Rationale of Reward, J. & H. L. Hunt, London, 1825, Bk. 3, Ch. 1
- An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789; 1823), Ch. 1: Of the Principle of Utility
