| J.G. Murphy - 1979 - 280 sayfa
...Rather, they are derivative from more general moral principles. "To have a right," Mill suggests, "is to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of".7 The central idea here is that rights claims function, not to mark some specially fine feature... | |
| J.D. Hodson - 1983 - 210 sayfa
...Devlin and Dworkin. For more on this see my review of Taking Rights Seriously, pp. 451-455. 31 Cf. Mill: 'To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of. (Utilitarianism, Ch. V. Par. 25.) See also HLA Hart, 'Are There Any Natural Rights?' Philosophical... | |
| L.M. Kopelman, J.C. Moskop - 1984 - 286 sayfa
...Rather, they are derivative from more general moral principles. "To have a right," Mill suggests, "is to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of ([9] , p. 66).2 The central idea here is that rights claims function, not to mark some specially fine... | |
| Tom Christoffel - 1985 - 472 sayfa
...fundamental rights. "Rights" is an ambiguous term. "To have a right," wrote John Stuart Mill, "is ... to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of." To be meaningful, such a right must be one that a court would recognize and enforce.36 There are two... | |
| Jonathan Riley - 1988 - 424 sayfa
...protect him in the possession of it, either by the force of law, or by that of education and opinion ... To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...can give him no other reason than general utility. (1861a, p. 250) In this regard, Mill seems to have had in mind some sort of normative concept of utility... | |
| K. S. Shrader-Frechette - 1991 - 334 sayfa
...necessaries, after physical nutrition," and "the very groundwork of our existence. "H' He affirms: "to have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...ought? I can give him no other reason than general utility."20 These passages suggest that according to Mill, persons have something like basic "rights"... | |
| Wendy Donner - 1991 - 244 sayfa
...of the central passages in which he explains his concept of a right, is compelling and unmistakable: "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of" (10:250). To have a right is to have a justification for societal protection — not merely a justification... | |
| Richard B. Brandt - 1992 - 416 sayfa
...therefore of more absolute obligation, than any other rule for the guidance of life." To which he adds: "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something which society7 ought to defend me in possession of. If the objector goes on to ask, why it ought? I can give... | |
| Robert A. Licht - 1993 - 244 sayfa
...must belong with the uncorrupted old rather than the corrupted new, seems much closer to the mark: "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...society ought to defend me in the possession of." 12 Rights ground demands for protection, often institutional and sometimes governmental. An implemented... | |
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