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Hi elle
UTILITARIANISM was Bentham's "idea", and ARIANISM was the heresy. I'm not quite seeing how the subtraction (?) of the rest gives UTILIT

Hello, Elle,1d is (f)utilit(y) and Arianism.
Futility could be pointless.
I am presuming the town of Bath is in Somerset.
"Some" is "impressive"
As in, he scored some goal,
In admiration, that's "some" dress you are wearing.

Elle, sorry, unlimited means remove the two outside letters in futility.

Hi rusty
I don't have the clue to hand any more, but isn't (f)UTILIT(y) a bit ghost-like?

Elle, missed out a bit!
"Some" is "impressive", "soak" is "ret", and "S" for sulphur.

Hello, Chris,
Ghost-like?
I do not comprehend you?

Hi again rusty
A "ghost anagram" is a clue in which the anagram fodder is not actually present, but must be imagined from word play. It's generally disapproved of. I wondered if the "futility" was heading in that direction? As I said, I no longer remember the actual clue.

OK Chris, well I have not a scooby about that, but the clue is,
1,"Bentham's idea: unlimited pointlessness based on heresy (14)"
I do not know names of different types of clues, but I thought that was a reasonably straightforward solve.

Yes, I suppose "unlimited pointlessness" is just about OK for "utilit"

I think so.
Seems a fair enough clue to me.