Bentham on Utilitarianism: Understanding Choice

Reading Bentham on Utilitarianism gives us a very pragmatic framework for understanding choice. Bentham emphasised choices made by human beings based on pain and pleasure principles. He had a quantitative take on the subject. Understanding choice in Bentham then perhaps, helps us comprehend to some extent the decision-making process of a liberal democracy. This article is an attempt to devolve into the Utilitarian philosophy as developed by Bentham to understand how choice is best captured in a liberal democracy.