If you are feeling a little ghoulish and find yourself at a loose end and in London, you can do worse than wander into the cloisters of University College. You will discover, encased in a mahogany and ...

The skeletal body of Jeremy Bentham sits on public display in a glass-fronted case at University College London. Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, left careful instructions for the use of his ...

Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics One of the dangerous “fools” caricatured in a medieval printed satire called Ship of Fools ...

John Stuart Mill’s (1806-1873) father, James Mill, was an outspoken advocate of utilitarianism and a friend of Jeremy Bentham, its founder. John Mill was born into a household steeped in utilitarian ...