The political realism of Jeremy Bentham
The political realism of Jeremy Bentham
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杰里米·边沁的政治现实主义
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2021
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James Vitali
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杰里米·边沁通常被视为反现实主义政治思想家，或者伯纳德·威廉姆斯所谓的“政治道德主义”的支持者。本文对这种普遍观点提出质疑，并提出有充分的理由将边沁视为政治现实主义者。边沁的政治思想与社会学家和政治现实主义者马克斯·韦伯的政治思想有相当大的共同点：两人都认为政治是人类活动的一个独特领域，由其与权力的联系所定义；因此，道德行为不可避免地受到政治权力的影响；对政治真理的承诺只能是偶然的；政治有一套基本条件，试图超越这些条件不仅会被误导，而且是危险的。虽然人们经常认为边沁提出了一种理解政治的简化框架，但事实上，他的功利主义是一种比人们普遍承认的更为现实的实现政治目的和手段的方法，当代政治理论现实主义者认真对待这一方法会受益匪浅。
Jeremy Bentham is usually seen as an anti-realist political thinker, or a proponent of what Bernard Williams has termed ‘political moralism’. This article questions that prevalent view and suggests instead that there are good grounds for considering Bentham a political realist. Bentham’s political thought has considerable commonalities with that of the sociologist and political realist Max Weber: both agree that politics is a unique domain of human activity defined by its association with power; that consequently, ethical conduct is unavoidably inflected by power in politics; that a commitment to truth in politics can only ever be contingent; and that politics has a set of basic conditions that it would be not only misguided but dangerous to attempt to transcend. Whilst it is often held that Bentham advanced a reductive framework for understanding politics, in fact, his utilitarianism was a far more realistic approach to political ends and means than has generally been acknowledged, and one that contemporary political theory realists would benefit from taking seriously.
功利与民主：杰里米·边沁的政治思想
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2006
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Schofield
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Schofield