Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Women -- Bentham's Censorial Critique of Anti-feministic Prejudices -- Equal Consideration -- Proposals for the Emancipation of Women -- Compensatory Discrimination and the Right to be Different -- The Role of Bentham in the History of Feminism -- The Bentham-Child Stereotype -- 3. Sexual Non-conformists -- Bentham's Auto-censure -- Sexual Non-conformities and Homosexuality -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Montesquieu's Opinion -- Voltaire's Opinions and Bentham's Earlier Views on Population -- Bentham's Neo-Malthusianism -- Male Homosexuality and Women -- Causes of Oppression -- A Utilitarian Re-examination -- Advantages of Proposed Liberty -- Biographical Notes -- 4. Jews -- Bentham's Defence of Usury -- Religious Toleration -- Bentham's Personal Attitude Towards the Jews -- 5. The Indigent -- Charity and Utility -- Bentham and Malthus -- Bentham and Place -- 6. Native People of the Colonies -- The Evolution of Bentham's Political Thought -- Bentham's Approach to Political Economy -- The Influence of Time and Place -- 7. Slaves -- Slavery in Bentham's Introduction -- Slavery in the Civil Code -- Adam Smith and Siéyès -- Bentham's Ambiguous Attitude towards Slavery -- Slavery in the Colonies -- Slavery and Slave-Trade in Africa -- 8. Animals -- 9. Conclusion -- Oppression and Prejudice -- Tyranny of the Majority -- Oppression and Toleration -- Oppression and Liberty -- Oppression and Benevolence -- Oppression and Utilitarianism -- Appendix: Bentham's Unpublished Manuscripts -- Women -- Sexual Non-conformists -- Slaves -- Animals -- Bibliography -- Index.