Bentham: A Fragment on Government (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) [Hardcover]

Jeremy Bentham (Author), Ross Harrison (Editor)

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Publication Date: October 28, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0521350549 | ISBN-13: 978-0521350549

This volume makes available one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart as part of Bentham's Collected Works. Certain that history was on his side, Bentham sought to rid the world of the hideous mess wrought by legal obfuscation and confusion, and to transform politics into a rational, scientific activity, premised on the fundamental axiom that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."

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Originally prepared as a part of Bentham's Collected Works, this volume now makes one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition available in its own authoritative 1977 edition. -- Book Description

Book Description

Originally prepared as a part of Bentham's Collected Works, this volume now makes one of the central texts in the development of utilitarian tradition available in its own authoritative 1977 edition.

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• Hardcover: 164 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 28, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521350549
• ISBN-13: 978-0521350549
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,600,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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