Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility, law, and politics/policy, highlights include the succinct essay “On Retrenchment” and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major interpretative essays by Mark Canuel, David Lieberman, Jennifer Pitts, and Philip Schofield.
The texts included in the book are:
    -Sex
    -An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and
     Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1–5
    -Place and Time
    -Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to
     English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1
    -Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2
    -Pannomial Fragments
    -Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2,
     and 6
    -Of Publicity
    -Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2
    -Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations
     on Sieyes)
    -On Retrenchment