James E. Crimmins is Professor of Political Theory at Huron University College, The University of Western Ontario. His books include Secular Utilitarianism (Oxford, Clarendon, 1990), Utilitarians and Religion (Bristol, Thoemmes, 1998), On Bentham (Belmont, CA, Wadsworth, 2004), Utilitarian Philosophy and Politics (London and New York, Continuum, 2011), and with Catherine Fuller (ed.), Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism Examined, The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham (Oxford, Clarendon, 2011).  He is presently researching the dissemination and reception of utilitarian ideas in nineteenth-century America.

• Preface \ Introduction \ 1. Philosophic Radicalism and the Westminster-Edinburgh Debate \ 2. History of the Utility Principle and 'the latest improvements' \ 3. Contra Hume \ 4. The Structure and Application of Utilitarian Theory \ 5. Republicanism \ 6. Monarchy and Representative Democracy \ 7. King of the Radicals \ Bibliography \ Index.

James E. Crimmins is Professor of Political Theory at Huron University College, The University of Western Ontario. His books include Secular Utilitarianism (Oxford, Clarendon, 1990), Utilitarians and Religion (Bristol, Thoemmes, 1998), On Bentham (Belmont, CA, Wadsworth, 2004), Utilitarian Philosophy and Politics (London and New York, Continuum, 2011), and with Catherine Fuller (ed.), Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism Examined, The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham (Oxford, Clarendon, 2011).  He is presently researching the dissemination and reception of utilitarian ideas in nineteenth-century America.

• Preface \ Introduction \ 1. Philosophic Radicalism and the Westminster-Edinburgh Debate \ 2. History of the Utility Principle and 'the latest improvements' \ 3. Contra Hume \ 4. The Structure and Application of Utilitarian Theory \ 5. Republicanism \ 6. Monarchy and Representative Democracy \ 7. King of the Radicals \ Bibliography \ Index.