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Jeremy Bentham (15 February 1748 [O.S. 4 February 1747] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.Bentham defined as the "fundamental axiom" of his philosophy the principle that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong." He became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism. He advocated individual and economic freedoms, the separation of church and state, freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the right to divorce, and (in an unpublished essay) the decriminalising of homosexual acts.

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Annie Besant

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.

21 June 2012

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Featuring: Lawrence Goldman, David Stack, Yasmin Khan

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Harriet Martineau

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Harriet Martineau who wrote extensively in the C19th on a wide range of subjects including abolition, and is called the mother of sociology.

8 December 2016

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Featuring: Valerie Sanders, Karen O'Brien, Ella Dzelzainis

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Mill

Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill and his treatise On Liberty which is one of the sacred texts of liberalism.

18 May 2006

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Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Alan Ryan

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