Quotation by

Jeremy Bentham

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

Happiness

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Jeremy Bentham means that laws and moral rules should be designed to bring the most happiness to as many people as possible. He believes that the best way to decide what is right or wrong is by looking at how much pleasure or pain actions cause for the majority.

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