Full Name: Jeremy Bentham
Born: 1748
Died: 1832
Fave Subjects: How To Be Good, Animal Rights, Power
Career Highlights:
- wrote over 5 million words (that are still being sorted out today)
- created a system to calculate happiness
- one of the first philosophers to fight for animal rights
- one of the first philosophers to fight for equality between boys and girls
- invented jogging
Big Question:
Why is it important to respect and protect all creatures, even if they aren’t human?
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