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British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

This article is about the 18th/19th century British philosopher. For his family's descendant, the historian of the British television series Doctor Who, see Doctor Who Appreciation Society.

For the Lost character who used the name as an alias, see John Locke (Lost).

Jeremy Bentham (; 4 February 1747/8O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Bentham defined as the "fundamental axiom" of his philosophy the principle that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."^[6] He became a leading theorist in Anglo-Americanphilosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism.

He advocated individual and economic freedoms, the separation of ch