Criticisms of Positive Theory in The Light of International Developments

In this article, Bentham’s concept of pain & pleasure was discussed as well as his elaborated classificationof pleasures and pains were also explained. It emphasized that he explained that many kinds of pleasureand pains could only be experienced by creatures who had some kind of complex concepts, thoughts, andbeliefs. Bentham’s distinction between extra-regarding and self-regarding pains & pleasures were alsoimportant, and discussed carefully.1 He asserted that only benevolent and malevolent pains & pleasureswere extra-regarding. Bentham’s remarks suggested that his thought on extra-regarding pleasures and painswere taken in the pleasures and pains of others for their own sake, or no instrumentally, but he did notexplicitly say this.2 In this article, we were going to discuss the theory of law propounded by the English jurist JeremyBentham, which was known by the various names like the theory of Pleasure and Pain, the theory ofUtilitarianism, the principle of greatest happiness, the principle of utility, etc. In this article, we wouldmention what is pleasure and pain theory? what is the principle of utility? what is the doctrine ofhedonism? what is Bentham’s theory of law? etc.3