4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Bentham's Introduction (1789) is the foundational text of utilitarian ethics, introducing the principle of utility and the felicific calculus.
Cheryl Hopwood was a white Texas applicant who successfully sued the University of Texas Law School, arguing its race-conscious admissions program violated the Equal Protection Clause.
British philosopher who founded utilitarianism — the greatest happiness of the greatest number — and designed the panopticon prison as the model of efficient social control.
Plato's Laws (c. 350 BCE) is his final and longest work, describing a practical constitution for a second-best city governed by law rather than a philosopher-king.