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Sa conclusion fut la suivante: le but ultime de toute législation était le bien du peuple; plus il y a de bien, mieux c’est. Bentham était le père de l’utilitarisme, la doctrine selon laquelle, dans toute prise de décision (légale et personnelle), le but poursuivi devrait être le bénéfice total (utilité) maximum, peu importe l’identité des bénéfici

Jonathan Haidt • L'hypothèse du bonheur: La redécouverte de la sagesse ancienne dans la science contemporaine (PSY. Individus, groupes, cultures) (French Edition)

His most famous works are the surprisingly readable Practical Ethics and Animal Liberation.

Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

The Elephant in the Courtroom

Lawrence-wright newyorker.com

“Maximizing the most good for the most number of people” can lead to repugnant conclusions when applied at-scale

Erik Hoel • ‎EconTalk on Apple Podcasts

the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?... The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes... "

Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)

Jeremy Bentham on the suffering of non-human animals

Peter Kropotkin spend 5 years observing animals in the wilds of Siberia, and having read Darwin, sought to replicate his opersations of the competitive struggle of species in the wild.

Gary B. Walls • Just a moment...

Racist attitudes like Galton’s were not uncommon among the British aristocracy at the heights of colonialism, but Galton gave them scientific backing. He had the authority of a world traveler, in the tradition of Victorian naturalists like his half-cousin aboard the Beagle. His assessment of the supposed inferiority of others to white Britons was a... See more