A fragment on government
By: Jeremy Bentham.
Contributors: Burns, J. H.; Hart, H. L. A. 1907-
Edition: New authoritative ed. / by J.H. Burns and H.L.A. Hart ; with an introduction by Ross Harrison.
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780; Utilitarianism; Law -- Philosophy; Political science
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"First published as part of The Collected works of Jeremy Bentham in 1977, in the volume (edited by J.H. Burns and H.L.A. Hart) containing A comment on the commentaries and A fragment on government"--T.p. verso.