I remember Bentham for his "felicity calculus." A precursor (I think) to
today's utility curves in economics and maybe to attempts to create
"genuine" indicators for economic progress.
Also (I believe) for his attemptes to create a system which led to "the
greatest good for the greatest number"
Arthur Cordell
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From: Tom Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: April 25, 2001 3:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Jeremy Bentham on the Net
You can see Jeremy at http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/web/Nina/JBentham.html.
In a foyer of University College London, in a glass fronted cabinet,
sits the preserved body of Jeremy Bentham; philosopher, economist,
expounder of Utilitarianism, Bentham is chiefly remembered for
inventing the Panopticon; a glass walled prison designed for total
surveillance.
A video camera pointed at Jeremy Bentham's body, updating images onto
the Internet every five minutes.
The creator of the Panopticon is himself on view to millions of
Internet users around the world. The tables have been turned.
>My adopted father, the Cherokee High Priest, had a degree in Sacred
>Theology from the University of London. I wonder if he knows Bentham
first
>hand since they are both "crossed over into Nightland."
>
>REH
>
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>From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 5:42 AM
>Subject: Re: Less is less (Photos of The Computer Revolution)
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>> At 22:46 23/04/01 -0400, Ed asks:
>>
>> >Isn't it Bentham who is stuffed and mounted in one of England's
>> >university, or is that just a nasty story of a deserved fate?
>>
>> Yes, he's still there. Very lugubrious. Where, I'm not quite sure. The
>> Royal Society, or the Royal Institution, but probably London University,
>> which he founded.
>>
>> Keith H
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