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“Sprung from paternalism, the English Utilitarian philosophy as introduced in India rejected its human warmth between rulers and the ruled.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2008
  • Early Structure of the British Raj

English Utilitarianism, transplanted from Bentham's London to colonial India, carried within it an unresolved tension — a claim to benevolent, improving governance that in practice hardened into cold administrative rationalism.

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  • The Paternalistic Premise of Utilitarian Colonial Thought
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