On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 17:57:20 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Iam writing an essay about human rights! does anyone out there know anything
>about a philosopher by the name of Bentham also what does Panopticon mean?
>thank-you in anticipation of your replys
Aha! 'The Philosophical Radicals', very dear to my heart :-)
Have a look at: http://tqd.advanced.org/3376/Benth.htm
And: http://tqd.advanced.org/3376/Menu.htm (find him under
"Utilitarianism: 1830's - 1900")
The best way to describe a 'Panopticon' is to think of the solarium,
you know, where you sit and look up and see a representation of the
whole solar system in one view? Or 'camera obscura' (there is one in
Bristol, one end of the Clifton Bridge).
This is a panopticon: see (opti) all (pan) in one view (con)
Ahmad
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