In a letter to John Stuart Mill written in 1841, Auguste Comte expressed the conviction
that Bentham must be regarded as “the main origin of what is called political
economy”. 47 This may sound a very odd and amazing assertion, as most books
on the history of economic thought do not so much as mention Bentham’s name. 48
Yet there is a great deal of truth in Comte’s statement, and Bentham himself would
have heartily approved of it. “I was the spiritual father of Mill” said Bentham, “and
Mill was the spiritual father of Ricardo, so that Ricardo was my spiritual
grandson”. 49
It was not Bentham’s technical economics but his utilitarianism that exerted the
greater stimulation on the thought of his time, and it was through the notions embedded
in his utilitarianism that he affected the future development of economics. Here
he broke new paths leading away from laissez-faire, and here he also, by making
utility a central concept in his plea for reform, signifi cantly expanded an area of
speculation that was to become a great concern of later generations of economists. 50
Bentham had become the revered head of the “philosophical radicals”, 51 a movement
which promoted inside and outside of the British public administration issues
of social policies into the praxis. 52
Bentham’s method may be shortly described as the method of detail; of treating
wholes by separating them into their parts, abstractions by resolving them into
Things, classes and generalities by distinguishing them into the individuals of which
they are made up; and breaking every question into pieces before attempting to
solve it. 53
This section gives an account on Bentham’s thought in utility theory, his proposals
for social policy and state intervention and property.
In a letter to John Stuart Mill written in 1841, Auguste Comte expressed the convictionthat Bentham must be regarded as “the main origin of what is called politicaleconomy”. 47 This may sound a very odd and amazing assertion, as most bookson the history of economic thought do not so much as mention Bentham’s name. 48Yet there is a great deal of truth in Comte’s statement, and Bentham himself wouldhave heartily approved of it. “I was the spiritual father of Mill” said Bentham, “andMill was the spiritual father of Ricardo, so that Ricardo was my spiritualgrandson”. 49 It was not Bentham’s technical economics but his utilitarianism that exerted thegreater stimulation on the thought of his time, and it was through the notions embeddedin his utilitarianism that he affected the future development of economics. Herehe broke new paths leading away from laissez-faire, and here he also, by makingutility a central concept in his plea for reform, signifi cantly expanded an area ofspeculation that was to become a great concern of later generations of economists. 50Bentham had become the revered head of the “philosophical radicals”, 51 a movementwhich promoted inside and outside of the British public administration issuesof social policies into the praxis. 52 Bentham’s method may be shortly described as the method of detail; of treatingwholes by separating them into their parts, abstractions by resolving them intoกิจกรรม คลา สและ generalities โดยแยกนั้นเป็นบุคคลที่จะประกอบด้วย และทำลายทุกคำถามเป็นชิ้นก่อนทำการแก้ปัญหา 53 ส่วนนี้ช่วยให้องค์กรในความคิดของเบนแธมในทฤษฎีอรรถประโยชน์ ข้อเสนอของเขาสังคมนโยบายรัฐแทรกแซง และคุณสมบัติ
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