WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher, economist, jurist, and legal reformer and the founder of modern utilitarianism, an ethical theory holding that actions are morally right if they tend to promote happiness or pleasure (and morally wrong if they tend to promote unhappiness or pain) among all those affected by them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century British philosopher and economist, best known for his theories about population growth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The next great step in the development of utilitarianism came with British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806–1873). Bentham was John Stuart Mill’s godfather and teacher, and the young Mill was strongly influenced by his mentor’s account of utilitarianism.