2002
DOI: 10.1093/actrade/9780199248636.book.1
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The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Rights, Representation, and Reform: Nonsense upon Stilts and Other Writings on the French Revolution

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“…... Society is held together only by the sacrifice that men can be induced to make of the gratification's they demand: to obtain these sacrifices is the great difficulty, the great task of government." 12 This quote demonstrates that Bentham sees very clearly the possibility of a conflict between the personal and the common good. Bentham also offers a solution to this conflict-in this case he commends sacrifice of personal passions in the name of public order.…”
Section: Doesmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…... Society is held together only by the sacrifice that men can be induced to make of the gratification's they demand: to obtain these sacrifices is the great difficulty, the great task of government." 12 This quote demonstrates that Bentham sees very clearly the possibility of a conflict between the personal and the common good. Bentham also offers a solution to this conflict-in this case he commends sacrifice of personal passions in the name of public order.…”
Section: Doesmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…(Mill, 1991, p. 46) Debido a este principio, el enfoque utilitarista no concede importancia intrínseca a los derechos y libertades, que solo son valorados indirectamente y en proporción a su influencia en las utilidades (Sen, 2000, cap. 3). Bentham (2002) defiende explícitamente esta posición en su texto "Nonsense upon Stilts" 14 , donde -haciéndose parte de una ola de intelectuales europeos críticos a los derechos humanos, como Savigny o Marx (Cruz, 2006)-argumenta que los preceptos naturales carecen de todo fundamento ontológico, salvo en la medida en que reflejan deseos personales de quienes los propagan. La idea de que existan derechos naturales e imprescriptibles sería para él un disparate retórico; sin el apoyo de leyes reales (proclamadas y defendidas por el Estado), de un derecho sustantivo, no serían más que quejidos impresos.…”
Section: Críticas Al Utilitarismo Y El Problema De Los Derechos Humanosunclassified
“…Esta confrontación fue descrita en la filosofía moral anglosajona -atendiendo especialmente a los argumentos filosóficos de Robert Nozick (1974) y Ronald Dworkin (1977)-como "el cruce entre la antigua fe en el utilitarismo y la nueva fe en los derechos" (Hart, 1979, p. 846). Como se ha mencionado, este cruce o contraste moral no se sustenta únicamente en los escritos críticos al utilitarismo: el mismo Bentham (2002) sostuvo que los derechos naturales e imprescriptibles eran un absurdo retórico, un disparate sobre zancos [nonsense upon stilts]. Pero este rechazo al iusnaturalismo podría perfectamente haber sido únicamente un planteamiento teórico, sin mantener congruencia con las propuestas políticas desarrolladas por el filósofo inglés.…”
Section: Una Simple Idea Arquitectónicaunclassified
“…Opponents claim that the world consists of many different cultures, traditions, and worldviews which undermine the application of any human rights which are, by nature, universal. There are no basic rights which bind all people in all places at all times (Bentham 1795). Secondly, human rights are of Western origin and hence can be seen as a form of Western ethical imperialism because they are applied without paying (any) attention to non-Western cultures, traditions, and different lifestyles (Pollis and Schwab 1979).…”
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confidence: 99%