100。Justice,p。264;soPrice,inhisObservationsonLiberty,laysitdownthatgovernmentisnevertoentrenchuponprivateliberty,’exceptsofarasprivatelibertyentrenchesonthelibertyofothers。’
101。Works,ii,506。
102。Works,ii,401。
103。Autobiography,p。274。
104。Hobbes,intheLeviathanchap。xiii,hasinthesamewaytoargueforthedefactoequalityofmen。
105。Dissertations,i,375。
106。IremarkbyanticipationthatthisexpressionimpliesareferencetoMill’sEthology,ofwhichIshallhavetospeak。
107。Works,ix,96,113。
108。Dissertations,i,376。
109。Works,’CivilCode’fromDumonti,302,305;Ibid。’PrinciplesofConstitutionalCode’ii,271;Ibid。’ConstitutionalCode’ix,15-18。
110。Works,i,306n。
111。Ibid。,ix,15。
112。Ibid。’PrinciplesofPenalCode’i,311。
113。Ibid。,i,312。
114。Works,x,440。
115。Ibid。,iii,33,etc。
116。Ibid。,iii,35。
117。Works,ix,5。
118。Ibid。,ix,192。
119。Ibid。,ix,7。
120。Works,i,212。
121。Ibid。,ix,192。
122。See,e。g。,i,83,wheresympathyseemstobetakenasanultimatepleasure,andii,133,wherehesays’dreamnotthatmenwillmovetheirlittlefingertoserveyouunlesstheiradvantageinsodoingbeobvioustothem。’Seealsotheapologueof’WalterWise’,whobecomesLordMayor,and’TimothyThoughtless’whoendsatBotanyBayi,118,givingthelowestkindofprudentialmorality。ThemanuscriptoftheDeontology,nowinUniversityCollege,London,seemstoprovethatBenthamwassubstantiallytheauthor,thoughtheMillsseemtohavesuspectedBowringofadulteratingthetruedoctrine。Heappearstohavebeenanhonestifnotveryintelligenteditor;
thoughtherewriting,necessaryinallBentham’sworks,wasdamaginginthiscase;andheisprobablyresponsibleforsomerhetoricalamplification,especiallyinthelaterpart。
123。ChurchofEnglandismCatechismexamined,p。207。
124。SeethisphraseexpoundedinWorks’BookofFallacies’,ii,440,etc。
NOTEONBENTHAM’SWRITINGS
ThefollowingaccountofBentham’swritingsmaybeofsomeuse。Thearrangementisintendedtoshowwhatwerethetopicswhichattractedhisattentionatsuccessiveperiods。
TheCollectedWorks,editedbyBowring,appearedfrom1838to1843inelevenvolumes,thelasttwocontainingthelifeandanelaborateindex。
Thefirstninevolumesconsistpartlyoftheworksalreadypublished;partlyofworkspublishedforthefirsttimefromBentham’sMSS。;andpartlyofversionsofDumont’sredactionsofBentham。Dumont’spublicationswere1
Traité;sdeLegislationcivileetpé;nale1802;secondedition,revised,1820:[vol。i,containsPrincipesgé;né;rauxdeLegislationandPrincipesduCodecivil;vol。ii,PrincipesduCodepé;nal;andvol。iii,Mé;moiresurlePanoptique,DelaPromulgationdesLais,Del’InfluenceduTempsetdesLieux,andVuegé;né;raled’unCorpscompletdesLois];2TactiquesdesAssemblé;esdé;liberantesetTraité;desSophismespolitiques,1816;4Traité;desPreuvesjudiciares,1823;and5Del’OrganisationjudicaireetdelaCodification,1823。
InthefollowingIgivereferencetotheplaceofeachworkinBowring’sedition。
Bentham’sfirstbookwastheFragmentonGovernment,1776i。221-295。
Aninteresting’historicalpreface’,intendedforasecondeditioni。240-259,wasfirstprintedin1828。TheFragment,editedbyMrF。C。Montague,wasrepublishedin1891。
TheIntroductiontothePrinciplesofMoralsandLegislationwaspublishedin1789,inonevol。4to。i。1-154。Ithadbeenprintedin1780。Asecondedition,intwovols,8vo,appearedin1823。Itwasintendedasanintroductiontotheplanofapenalcode。Benthamsaysinhisprefacethathisschemewouldbecompletedbyaseriesofworksapplyinghisprinciplesto1civillaw;2penallaw;3procedure;4reward;5constitutionallaw;6
politicaltactics;7internationallaw;8finance;and9politicaleconomy,andbyatenthtreatisegivingaplanfoabodyoflaw’consideredinrespectofitsform,’thatis,upon’nomography。’Hewrotemoreorlessinthecourseofhislifeuponallthesetopics。Dumont’sTraité;sof1802werebasedpartlyupontheIntroductionandpartlyuponBentham’sMSS。correspondingtounfinishedpartsofthisgeneralscheme。
ThetwofirstsectionofthisschemearerepresentedintheWorksbyPrinciplesoftheCivilCodei,297-364andPrinciplesofPenalLawi,365-580。
ThePrinciplesoftheCivilCodeistranslatedfromDumont’sTraité;s,whereitfollowsacondensedstatementof’generalprinciples’takenfromtheopeningchaptersoftheIntroduction。Anappendix’onthelevellingsystem’
isaddedintheWorksfromBentham’sMSS。ThePrinciplesofPenalLawconsistsofthreeparts:thefirstandthirdon’politicalremediesfortheevilofoffences’andon’indirectmeansofpreventingcrimes’aretranslatedfromparts2and4ofDumont’sPrincipesduCodepé;nalparts1and3ofDumontbeingadaptationsfromtheIntroductiontoMoralsandLegislation。
ThesecondpartofthePenalLaw,orTheRationaleofPunishmentisfromDumont’sThé;oriedesPeinesetdesRé;compenses。DumonttookitfromaMS。writtenbyBenthamin1775。SeeBentham’sWorks,i,388。
Anappendixon’DeathPunishment’,addressedbyBenthamtotheFrenchpeoplein1830,isaddedtoPartIIintheWorksi。525-532。No。4ofBentham’sgeneralschemecorrespondstotheRationaleofReward,foundedupontwoMSS。,oneinFrenchandoneinEnglish,usedbyDumontintheThé;oriedesPeinesetdesRé;compensees。TheEnglishversionintheWorks,chieflytranslatedfromDumontandcomparedwiththeoriginalmanuscript,wasfirstpublishedin1825ii,189-266。RichardSmith’oftheStampsandTaxes’
wastheeditorofthisandofaneditionoftheRationaleofPunishmentin1831,andofvariousminortreatises。Bentham’sWorks,x,548n。
TheTableoftheSpringsofActioni,195-220,writtenatanearlyperiod,wasprintedin1815,andpublished,withmodifications,in817。TheVuegé;né;raleincludedintheTraité;sof1802wasintendedbyBenthamasasketchforhisownguidance,andistranslatedasViewofaCompleteCodeofLawsintheWorksiii,154-210。Thetwoessaysinthe1802Traité;son’thepromulgationoflaws’andthe’influenceoftimeandplaceinmattersoflegislation’aretranslatedinWorksi。157-194。AfragmentonInternationallaw——aphraseinventedbyBentham——writtenbetween1786and1789,firstappearedintheWorksii,535-571,withJunctianaproposal——aplanforacanalbetweentheAtlanticandthePacific——writtenin1822,asanappendix。
Besidestheabove,allwrittenbefore1789,inpursuanceofhisschem,Benthamhadpublishedin1778hisViewoftheHardLabourBilliv,1-36;
andin1787hisDefenceofUsuryiii,1-19。Athirdeditionofthelastwiththe’protestagainstlawtaxes’waspublishedin1816。
Duringthefollowingperiod1789-1802Benthamwrotevariousbooks,moreorlesssuggestedbytheFrenchrevolution。TheEssayonPoliticalTacticsii,299-373,correspondingtoNo。6ofthescheme,wassenttoMorelletin1789,butfirstpublishedbyDumontin1816。WithitDumontalsopublishedthesubstanceoftheAnarchicalFallaciesii,489-534,writtenabout1791。
ADroughtofaCodefortheOrganizationoftheJudicialEstablishmentofFrance,datedMarch1790,isreprintedinWorks,iv,285-406。Truthv。Ashhurst,writtenin1792v,231-237,wasfirstpublishedin1823。AManualofPoliticalEconomy,writtenby1793seeWorks,iii,73n。,correspondstoNo。9ofhisscheme。AchapterappearedintheBibliothè;queBritanniquein1798。ItwaspartlyusedinDumont’sThé;oriedesRé;compenses,andfirstpublishedinEnglishinWorksiii,31-84。EmancipateyourColoniesiv,407-481wasprivatelyprintedin1793,andfirstpublishedforsalein1830。AProtestagainstLawTaxes,printedin1793,waspublishedin1795
togetherwithSupplywithoutBurthen,orEscheatviceTaxation,writtenin1794。TothemisappendedashortpapercalledTaxwithoutMonopolyii,573-600。APlanforsavingallTroubleandExpenseintheTransferofStock,writtenandpartlyprintedin1800,wasfirstpublishedinWorksiii,105-153。
DuringthisperiodBenthamwasalsooccupiedwiththePanopticon,andsomewritingsrefertoit。ThePanopticon,ortheInspectionHouseiv,37-172,writtenin1787,waspublishedin1791。ThePanopticonversusNewSouthWalesiv,173-248appearedin1802;andAPleafortheConstitutionontransportationtoNewSouthWalesiv,249-284in1803。CloselyconnectedwiththesearePoor-LawsandPauperManagmentviii,358-461,reprintedfromArthurYoung’sAnnalsofSeptember1797andfollowingmonths;andObservationsonthePoorBillviii,440-459,writteninFebruary1797,privatelyprintedin1838,andfirstpublishedintheWorks。