Bentham and metaethics

?Project Bentham? which has been started in 1968 is still in progress. This effort of editing Bentham?s voluminous work is naturally accompanied with ?new readings? of Bentham?s old text. Some of those editorial readings shade some light on some of Bentham?s almost forgotten endeavors in the areas of philosophy of language and logic. In this paper author analyze some Bentham?s ideas significant for the contemporary metaethics: 1) facts/values distinction; 2) analytical approach to the language in general; and 3) the theory of fictitious entities. The author concludes that some of Bentham?s analysis and proposals are similar to Charles Stevenson?s metaethical ?emotivism?.