Utilitarianism started as an equalizing force in utterly unequal 18th century England, challenging the idea that princes should be treated better than paupers.

18th-century English gambling dens employed people to swallow dice in case of police raids? One newspaper reported that people who were given the responsibility "must have had a good digestion." ...

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the ...

When it came to decorating church and home, the Puritans of 17th- and 18th-century New England shunned any form of religious or figurative art. Anything beyond a stripped-down utilitarianism spoke ...

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik.

Indigenous leaders exchanged gifts and wisdom about the land and animals with their French and English allies during the 16th through 18th centuries. These exchanges had lasting implications.

In the late 18th century, the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who is largely recognized as the founder of the modern utilitarianism school of philosophical thought, sketched out the design for ...

Classic utilitarianism developed in a society in the 17th and 18th century that was living on the Judeo Christian inheritance. Even though many of the philosophers of the time rejected ...

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik. Ivan Bukelic dove into the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik’s old port ...