01:790:373 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jeremy Bentham, Ten Commandments, John Stuart Mill
23 Oct 2018
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The source of the law is conventional (law is made by man). Aquinas is natural law, austin is positivist: 2. Law doesn"t require a moral basis to be valid. The positivist claims that the law itself does not have a moral content of any sorts. Jeremy bentham (1748-1832: founder of utilitarianism (moral philosophy, any moral act or any law or any policy must solely be based on its consequences. A good law or a good policy is not good if it squares with the ten commandments. A good law is going to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number. A good act is going to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number. The goal of law and morality according to bentham: morality should be based on consequences. Monday, september 17, 2018: greatest happiness for the greatest number, hobbesian account of sovereignty. Modern science rejected speculation that is not based in observable experience.
