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Utilitarianism

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Utilitarianism and Punishment

Mstir bentham was absolutely committed to a major programme of hensive law reform. He spent much of his life on drawing up such legal ideal legal codes. They were influential from russia to latin america. A good example is what janet mentioned, penal reform. If we watch people and guide them in everything that they do in this prison, then they will reform better. And so we don't need to inflict the kind of pain previously thought necessary.

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