第47章
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  100。Justice,p。264;soPrice,inhisObservationsonLiberty,laysitdownthatgovernmentisnevertoentrenchuponprivateliberty,’exceptsofarasprivatelibertyentrenchesonthelibertyofothers。’

  101。Works,ii,506。

  102。Works,ii,401。

  103。Autobiography,p。274。

  104。Hobbes,intheLeviathanchap。xiii,hasinthesamewaytoargueforthedefactoequalityofmen。

  105。Dissertations,i,375。

  106。IremarkbyanticipationthatthisexpressionimpliesareferencetoMill’sEthology,ofwhichIshallhavetospeak。

  107。Works,ix,96,113。

  108。Dissertations,i,376。

  109。Works,’CivilCode’fromDumonti,302,305;Ibid。’PrinciplesofConstitutionalCode’ii,271;Ibid。’ConstitutionalCode’ix,15-18。

  110。Works,i,306n。

  111。Ibid。,ix,15。

  112。Ibid。’PrinciplesofPenalCode’i,311。

  113。Ibid。,i,312。

  114。Works,x,440。

  115。Ibid。,iii,33,etc。

  116。Ibid。,iii,35。

  117。Works,ix,5。

  118。Ibid。,ix,192。

  119。Ibid。,ix,7。

  120。Works,i,212。

  121。Ibid。,ix,192。

  122。See,e。g。,i,83,wheresympathyseemstobetakenasanultimatepleasure,andii,133,wherehesays’dreamnotthatmenwillmovetheirlittlefingertoserveyouunlesstheiradvantageinsodoingbeobvioustothem。’Seealsotheapologueof’WalterWise’,whobecomesLordMayor,and’TimothyThoughtless’whoendsatBotanyBayi,118,givingthelowestkindofprudentialmorality。ThemanuscriptoftheDeontology,nowinUniversityCollege,London,seemstoprovethatBenthamwassubstantiallytheauthor,thoughtheMillsseemtohavesuspectedBowringofadulteratingthetruedoctrine。Heappearstohavebeenanhonestifnotveryintelligenteditor;

  thoughtherewriting,necessaryinallBentham’sworks,wasdamaginginthiscase;andheisprobablyresponsibleforsomerhetoricalamplification,especiallyinthelaterpart。

  123。ChurchofEnglandismCatechismexamined,p。207。

  124。SeethisphraseexpoundedinWorks’BookofFallacies’,ii,440,etc。

  NOTEONBENTHAM’SWRITINGS

  ThefollowingaccountofBentham’swritingsmaybeofsomeuse。Thearrangementisintendedtoshowwhatwerethetopicswhichattractedhisattentionatsuccessiveperiods。

  TheCollectedWorks,editedbyBowring,appearedfrom1838to1843inelevenvolumes,thelasttwocontainingthelifeandanelaborateindex。

  Thefirstninevolumesconsistpartlyoftheworksalreadypublished;partlyofworkspublishedforthefirsttimefromBentham’sMSS。;andpartlyofversionsofDumont’sredactionsofBentham。Dumont’spublicationswere1

  TraitésdeLegislationcivileetpénale1802;secondedition,revised,1820:[vol。i,containsPrincipesgénérauxdeLegislationandPrincipesduCodecivil;vol。ii,PrincipesduCodepénal;andvol。iii,MémoiresurlePanoptique,DelaPromulgationdesLais,Del’InfluenceduTempsetdesLieux,andVuegénéraled’unCorpscompletdesLois];2TactiquesdesAssembléesdéliberantesetTraitédesSophismespolitiques,1816;4TraitédesPreuvesjudiciares,1823;and5Del’OrganisationjudicaireetdelaCodification,1823。

  InthefollowingIgivereferencetotheplaceofeachworkinBowring’sedition。

  Bentham’sfirstbookwastheFragmentonGovernment,1776i。221-295。

  Aninteresting’historicalpreface’,intendedforasecondeditioni。240-259,wasfirstprintedin1828。TheFragment,editedbyMrF。C。Montague,wasrepublishedin1891。

  TheIntroductiontothePrinciplesofMoralsandLegislationwaspublishedin1789,inonevol。4to。i。1-154。Ithadbeenprintedin1780。Asecondedition,intwovols,8vo,appearedin1823。Itwasintendedasanintroductiontotheplanofapenalcode。Benthamsaysinhisprefacethathisschemewouldbecompletedbyaseriesofworksapplyinghisprinciplesto1civillaw;2penallaw;3procedure;4reward;5constitutionallaw;6

  politicaltactics;7internationallaw;8finance;and9politicaleconomy,andbyatenthtreatisegivingaplanfoabodyoflaw’consideredinrespectofitsform,’thatis,upon’nomography。’Hewrotemoreorlessinthecourseofhislifeuponallthesetopics。Dumont’sTraitésof1802werebasedpartlyupontheIntroductionandpartlyuponBentham’sMSS。correspondingtounfinishedpartsofthisgeneralscheme。

  ThetwofirstsectionofthisschemearerepresentedintheWorksbyPrinciplesoftheCivilCodei,297-364andPrinciplesofPenalLawi,365-580。

  ThePrinciplesoftheCivilCodeistranslatedfromDumont’sTraités,whereitfollowsacondensedstatementof’generalprinciples’takenfromtheopeningchaptersoftheIntroduction。Anappendix’onthelevellingsystem’

  isaddedintheWorksfromBentham’sMSS。ThePrinciplesofPenalLawconsistsofthreeparts:thefirstandthirdon’politicalremediesfortheevilofoffences’andon’indirectmeansofpreventingcrimes’aretranslatedfromparts2and4ofDumont’sPrincipesduCodepénalparts1and3ofDumontbeingadaptationsfromtheIntroductiontoMoralsandLegislation。

  ThesecondpartofthePenalLaw,orTheRationaleofPunishmentisfromDumont’sThéoriedesPeinesetdesRécompenses。DumonttookitfromaMS。writtenbyBenthamin1775。SeeBentham’sWorks,i,388。

  Anappendixon’DeathPunishment’,addressedbyBenthamtotheFrenchpeoplein1830,isaddedtoPartIIintheWorksi。525-532。No。4ofBentham’sgeneralschemecorrespondstotheRationaleofReward,foundedupontwoMSS。,oneinFrenchandoneinEnglish,usedbyDumontintheThéoriedesPeinesetdesRécompensees。TheEnglishversionintheWorks,chieflytranslatedfromDumontandcomparedwiththeoriginalmanuscript,wasfirstpublishedin1825ii,189-266。RichardSmith’oftheStampsandTaxes’

  wastheeditorofthisandofaneditionoftheRationaleofPunishmentin1831,andofvariousminortreatises。Bentham’sWorks,x,548n。

  TheTableoftheSpringsofActioni,195-220,writtenatanearlyperiod,wasprintedin1815,andpublished,withmodifications,in817。TheVuegénéraleincludedintheTraitésof1802wasintendedbyBenthamasasketchforhisownguidance,andistranslatedasViewofaCompleteCodeofLawsintheWorksiii,154-210。Thetwoessaysinthe1802Traitéson’thepromulgationoflaws’andthe’influenceoftimeandplaceinmattersoflegislation’aretranslatedinWorksi。157-194。AfragmentonInternationallaw——aphraseinventedbyBentham——writtenbetween1786and1789,firstappearedintheWorksii,535-571,withJunctianaproposal——aplanforacanalbetweentheAtlanticandthePacific——writtenin1822,asanappendix。

  Besidestheabove,allwrittenbefore1789,inpursuanceofhisschem,Benthamhadpublishedin1778hisViewoftheHardLabourBilliv,1-36;

  andin1787hisDefenceofUsuryiii,1-19。Athirdeditionofthelastwiththe’protestagainstlawtaxes’waspublishedin1816。

  Duringthefollowingperiod1789-1802Benthamwrotevariousbooks,moreorlesssuggestedbytheFrenchrevolution。TheEssayonPoliticalTacticsii,299-373,correspondingtoNo。6ofthescheme,wassenttoMorelletin1789,butfirstpublishedbyDumontin1816。WithitDumontalsopublishedthesubstanceoftheAnarchicalFallaciesii,489-534,writtenabout1791。

  ADroughtofaCodefortheOrganizationoftheJudicialEstablishmentofFrance,datedMarch1790,isreprintedinWorks,iv,285-406。Truthv。Ashhurst,writtenin1792v,231-237,wasfirstpublishedin1823。AManualofPoliticalEconomy,writtenby1793seeWorks,iii,73n。,correspondstoNo。9ofhisscheme。AchapterappearedintheBibliothèqueBritanniquein1798。ItwaspartlyusedinDumont’sThéoriedesRécompenses,andfirstpublishedinEnglishinWorksiii,31-84。EmancipateyourColoniesiv,407-481wasprivatelyprintedin1793,andfirstpublishedforsalein1830。AProtestagainstLawTaxes,printedin1793,waspublishedin1795

  togetherwithSupplywithoutBurthen,orEscheatviceTaxation,writtenin1794。TothemisappendedashortpapercalledTaxwithoutMonopolyii,573-600。APlanforsavingallTroubleandExpenseintheTransferofStock,writtenandpartlyprintedin1800,wasfirstpublishedinWorksiii,105-153。

  DuringthisperiodBenthamwasalsooccupiedwiththePanopticon,andsomewritingsrefertoit。ThePanopticon,ortheInspectionHouseiv,37-172,writtenin1787,waspublishedin1791。ThePanopticonversusNewSouthWalesiv,173-248appearedin1802;andAPleafortheConstitutionontransportationtoNewSouthWalesiv,249-284in1803。CloselyconnectedwiththesearePoor-LawsandPauperManagmentviii,358-461,reprintedfromArthurYoung’sAnnalsofSeptember1797andfollowingmonths;andObservationsonthePoorBillviii,440-459,writteninFebruary1797,privatelyprintedin1838,andfirstpublishedintheWorks。

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