Jeremy Bentham Quote

The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to give the slightest inquietude to the most timid imagination; and which can cause no regrets but to the very person who, through a sentiment of shame and pity, has refused to prolong a life begun under the auspices of misery.


Theory of Legislation (ed. 1871)


The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to...

The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to...

The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to...

The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to...