How Long to Read Bentham: A Fragment on Government

How Long Does it Take to Read Bentham: A Fragment on Government?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 49 minutes to read Bentham: A Fragment on Government by Jeremy Bentham

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This volume makes available to a student readership one of the central texts in the utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected works. A Fragment on Government is, as Ross Harrison observes in his introduction, a young man's work, and Bentham's exuberant prose reflects his own confidence that the Fragment 'was the first publication by which men at large were invited to break loose from the trammels of authority and ancestor-wisdom on the field of law'. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational scientific activity, premised on the hideous politics into a rational scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that 'it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong'. In the context of a European social and political order still based upon privilege and hereditary right, this was a profoundly subversive sentiment. This edition of the Fragment on Government contains several important students aids, including a guide to further reading and a chronology of the principal events in Bentham's life.

How long is Bentham: A Fragment on Government?

Bentham: A Fragment on Government by Jeremy Bentham is 166 pages long, and a total of 42,496 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bentham: A Fragment on Government Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 52 minutes to read Bentham: A Fragment on Government aloud.

What Reading Level is Bentham: A Fragment on Government?

Bentham: A Fragment on Government is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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