边沁的激进主义思想与英国1832年议会改革

Bentham's Radicalism and the British Parliament Reform in 1832

杰米里·边沁(1748-1832)是英国著名的哲学家、法理学家和社会改革倡导者,他既开辟了哲学激进主义先河,又推动了政治激进主义进步。18世纪末以前,受法国大革命的影响,边沁的激进改革思想产生较大变动,但从19世纪初开始,他又重新倡导议会改革,从此不再动摇。在推动1832年议会改革的过程中,他最大的贡献就是把议会改革方案建立在功利原理基础之上,帮助中产阶级,尤其是工业资产阶级赢得政治权力和社会地位,进而开启了英国议会民主制改革的先河。

Jamie Bentham（1748-1832）,a famous philosopher,jurist and social reform pioneer in British,not only created a philosophical radicalism,but also promoted the political radicalism.Before the end of 18th century,Bentham＇s radical reform thought had a great change under the influence of the French Revolution,but from the beginning of 19th century,he readvocated the reform of the parliament and no longer wavered.In the process of promoting the British parliamentary reform in 1832,his greatest contribution was building the parliamentary reform program on the basis of utilitarian principles,and helping the middle class,especially the industrial bourgeoisie to win their political power and social status,and finally opening a new page of British parliamentary democratic reforms.