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Interests, Universal and Particular: Bentham's Utilitarian Theory of Value

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2006

GERALD J. POSTEMA
GERALD J. POSTEMA
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel [email protected]
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Abstract

The basic concept of Bentham's moral and political philosophy was public utility. He linked it directly with the concept of the universal interest, which comprises a distinctive partnership of the interests of all members of the community. The ultimate end of government and aim of all of morality is ‘the advancement of the universal interest’. This essay articulates the structure of Bentham's notion of universal interest and locates it in his theory of value.

Type
Research Article
Information
Utilitas , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 109 - 133
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2006

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