Download or read book Bentham's An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation written by David Mills Daniel and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Bentham strove ‘to cut a new road through the wilds of jurisprudence’. Laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo; and, that while he believed that human beings inevitably pursue pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham thought it to be a ‘sacred truth’ that ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation’.