Book Cover of Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty

Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty

by Jeremy Bentham

The essay Offences Against One's Self (c. 1785), argued for the liberalisation of laws prohibiting homosexuality. The essay remained unpublished during Bentham's lifetime for fear of offending public morality. It was finally published for the first time in 1931.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1785

Author

Jeremy Bentham image

Jeremy Bentham

United Kingdom

Jeremy Bentham 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 tha...

More on Jeremy Bentham

Download eBooks

Unfortunately, no ebooks exist for this book, yet...

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

A Reel of Rainbow Cover image

A Reel of Rainbow by Frank W. Boreham

In Frank W. Boreham's captivating collection of essays, A Reel of Rainbow, readers are invited to embark on a literary adventure that explores the bea...

Moral Letters, Vol. II Cover image

Moral Letters, Vol. II by Seneca

This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers...

 Miscellaneous Pieces Cover image

Miscellaneous Pieces by John Bunyan

John Bunyan, a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the Parish of Elstow, England. He wrote The P...

The Christian Commonwealth Cover image

The Christian Commonwealth by John Eliot

John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a model.

The Life Of Charlotte Bronte, Volume 1  Cover image

The Life Of Charlotte Bronte, Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. The first edition was published in...

Kindness  Cover image

Kindness by Frederick William Faber

Father Frederick William Faber was a beloved spiritual writer, preacher, and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. An Oxford scholar a...

Laws Cover image

Laws by Plato (Πλάτων)

Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having failed in his effort in Syrac...

London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV Cover image

London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV by Henry Mayhew

The book provides an in-depth look at the lives of the working class in London during the mid-19th century. The book is divided into several sections...

A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga Cover image

A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by William Walker Atkinson, Theron Q. Dumont

The Book talks on the internal world of the self. The real nature of the subconscious mind, the way to control it, how ego comes into play and most fr...

Book of the Foundations Cover image

Book of the Foundations by St. Teresa of Avila

Essentially the sequel to The Life of St. Teresa, Teresa recounts the foundations of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Spain, both for men and wo...

Reviews for Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty

No reviews posted or approved, yet...