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“Bentham spent much of his life writing constitutions and proposing legal reform in the light of his utilitarianism. The evaluation of particular acts was hardly his concern. The psychology of his day was hedonistic and he worked in that framework and passed it on to Mill, but it is clear as day that Mill was not a hedonist in the sense in which we use that term today, though he used the language of pleasure and pain to express his views.”

Quote by Dale Jamieson

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Dale Jamieson
Dale Jamieson

Limited information is available about Dale Jamieson, who was born on October 21, 1947, and is of an unknown profession. more

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