The present edition of The Book of Fallacies is the first that
follows Bentham's own structure for the work, and includes a great
deal of material, both in terms of the fallacies themselves and the
illustrative matter, that previous versions of the work have
omitted. The fallacies that concerned Bentham were not logical
errors of the sort identified by Aristotle, or commonplace
misunderstandings of matters of fact, but arguments deployed in
political debate, in particular in the British Parliament, in order
to prevent reform. Bentham not only identified, described, and
criticized the fallacious arguments in question, which were all
characterized by their irrelevancy, but explained the sinister
interests that led politicians to employ them and their supporters
to accept them. By exposing these political fallacies, Bentham
hoped to prevent their employment in future, and thereby to place
political debate on its only proper ground, namely considerations
drawn from the principle of utility.
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