Bentham Time

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]It's Bentham time. Hey! It's Bentham time.

[00:00:08]He's the mummified body of an 18th century philosopher. Hey! He's sat beside the UCL front door. It's Bentham, father of the school of utilitarianism.

[00:00:21]To help the world, those rich and those poor. It's Bentham. He was taxidermied and given a new wax head. Yeah. He was left in a box for all the world to see.

[00:00:33]Bentham, till an evil scientist reanimated his corpse and he goes on journeys like the Odyssey. It's Bentham.

[00:00:42]It's Bentham time. Oh, I love him. It's Bentham time. I love Bentham. It's Bentham time. I'll vote J.S. Mill. It's Bentham time.

[00:01:04]Hey Dad. Yes, Benny. Why is there a scary man in the front hall?

[00:01:10]That's not a scary man, Benny. That is the mummified corpse of the great philosopher and founder of utilitarianism.

[00:01:19]Oh, cool.

[00:01:21]Then why is he not there?

[00:01:24]What?

[00:01:26]Why couldn't he use the damn door?

[00:01:31]Bentham's on a mission.

[00:01:33]Bentham's on a roll.

[00:01:36]Wonder where he's going.

[00:01:39]Only he will know.

[00:01:58]Quick, Benny. Get in the car.

[00:02:02]Oh no, Dad. He's going to the mall.

[00:02:08]Don't come any closer.

[00:02:11]Don't do this, Jeremy.

[00:02:14]This will provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

[00:02:19]Well, personally, I subscribe to the idea that it is people's motives that determine whether an action is good.

[00:02:31][ __ ] [ __ ] Damn you, Bentham.

[00:02:43]It's Bentham time. Hey!

[00:02:47]And that, kids, is why when anyone asks us to mummify their body, we say No!

[00:02:56]It's Bentham. It's Bentham time. Oh, I love him. It's Bentham time. I love Bentham. It's Bentham time. I'll vote J.S. Mill. It's Bentham time.