Jeremy Bentham - data driven expositions to enhance human psychology

Mover over rover, Mars is no more

No longer a focus I mean, the extent to which we should focus on space exploration may need to be put on hold until we get our house (Oikos) in order. The planet should be the priority, crisis means diverting means and economic focus towards the outcomes that are sustainable for ecological balance.

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Liar, Liar... I object your Honour!

When I wrote Virtue Ethics and Lawyers (2016) I compared and contrasted the effects of Hellenic virtue rhetoric to our current Jurisprudence (the study of law), I fear the statistical direction we are now headed lacks a narrative if it's needed at all!

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Yah, ya! I know. Tweek it.

Virtues are the minimum and the Greeks set the bar. Greatest number versus greatest happiness is a measure of the State. Individuals are more complicated; the cascading impulses predict behaviour irregardless of the "greater outcome".

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

insufferable

insufferableThe question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer? - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Friends Among Us (2020) by Philosopher Daniel Sanderson Is this what

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Antidotes to Chaos

The intent of all laws should be to help rather than punish. Infusing compassion into jurisprudence is an end in itself. Any violation towards the Polis is a reflection of the society at large. We are we, despite our tendency to dichotomize US versus them. Compassion is the key.

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

YES, but within a virtue framework!

Virtues are the minimum and the Greeks set the bar. Greatest number versus greatest happiness is a measure of the State. Individuals are more complicated; the cascading impulses predict behaviour irregardless of the "greater outcome".

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Immunity for Arrogance

"A bad liar is a bad lawyer indeed", or so the saying goes. This move towards probabilistic outcomes is systematic of the pendulum going too far. There is still room for ethics grounded in virtue. The law of the land should reflect this.

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Now we are getting somewhere

Now we are getting somewhereIt is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual. - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Alfred's Aesthetics

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

The Circle of Strife

The Circle of StrifeTyranny and anarchy are never far apart. - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Circumscribing Nullity and the Pathways to Prosperity - Another planksip® Möbius Snippet Code: p.2QP4No1

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Perfected Knowledge is Only a Pursuit

Perfected Knowledge is Only a PursuitThe age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Monumental Distributions - Another