Philosopher Profiles

Jeremy Bentham is one of the key utilitarians in the history of philosophy. Most importantly, Jeremy demonstrated by his own example that it is for the greatest good for the greatest number that he be embalmed and ‘present but not voting’ at certain meetings of the University College London.

Though Jeremy has remained in higher education, his propensity for publishing has plummeted (this is occasionally seen in faculty who reach this level of tenure, namely posthumous-tenure). To make matters worse, Jeremy has received grim student evaluations for the past 176 years, the primary complaint being that his teaching style is astonishingly dull. The Dean of Faculty at University College London is currently considering a disciplinary pay cut for Bentham.

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