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Bentham: A Fragment on Government
Hardback
Main Details
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Bentham: A Fragment on Government
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jeremy Bentham
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Edited by Ross Harrison
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| Series | Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:164 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521350549
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| Classifications | Dewey:320.011 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 October 1988 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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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