What is Jeremy Bentham?
[[File:Jeremy Bentham by Henry William Pickersgill detail.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Bentham]] '''Jeremy Bentham''' (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English, [[lawyer|jurist]], [[philosopher]], and legal and [[social reform]]er.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2021/entries/bentham/|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|last=Crimmins|first=James E.|date=2021|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2021}}</ref> He is best known as one of the first people to be for [[utilitarianism]], [[animal rights]] and [[homosexuality|gay]] rights.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MacAskill|first=William|date=2021|title=Jeremy Bentham – Utilitarian Thinkers|url=https://www.utilitarianism.net/utilitarian-thinker/jeremy-bentham|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online Textbook|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/bentham/index.html Offences Against One's Self]</ref> Bentham was one of the most influential [[Classical liberalism|Classical liberals]], partially through his writings but particularly through his students all around the world, including [[John Stuart Mill]] and several political leaders (and [[Robert Owen]], who later started the idea of [[socialism]]). He is believed to be the innovator of [[classical liberalism]], a term first coined in the 19th century. After he died, his body was preserved and is on public display at [[University College London]] to this day == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bentham, Jeremy}} [[Category:1748 births]] [[Category:1832 deaths]] [[Category:English philosophers|Bentham, Jeremy]] {{bio-stub}}