 | David Lyons - 1994 - 200 sayfa
...analysis. At the start of the next paragraph, he restates the point, in slightly different terms: ' 'To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of" (UT V, 25). This does not assume utilitarianism. His substantive commitment is clearly separated, and... | |
 | Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Preston N. Williams, Shirley J. Roels - 1995 - 1002 sayfa
...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...ought, I can give him no other reason than general utility.I3 The utilitarian way of understanding the good, however, has never been without critics.... | |
 | Scott Lehmann - 1995 - 263 sayfa
...(Utilitarianism, Chapter V). 18. Mill, note 11 supra, at 74 (On liberty, Chapter I). "To have a right... is, I conceive, to have something which society ought...can give him no other reason than general utility." Id., at 50 (Utilitarianism, Chapter V). 19. Mill, note 11 supra, at 58 (Utilitarianism, Chapter V,... | |
 | Henry Shue - 1996 - 256 sayfa
...Cranston called "the test of practicability" (66). On Cranston's use of the latter, see chapter 4. 9. "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of" — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1957), p. 66 (chapter V, 14th... | |
 | David Lyons - 1997 - 216 sayfa
...point, and then goes one step further: To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something that society ought to defend me in the possession of. If...can give him no other reason than general utility [chap. V, par. 25]. Mill first analyzes ascriptions of rights; his analysis refers to arguments with... | |
 | Eldon J. Eisenach - 2010 - 349 sayfa
...considered as rights" (18 CW, 276). An explanation of the idea of rights is offered in Utilitarianism: "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...can give him no other reason than general utility" (10 CW, 250). This is consistent with Mill's justification of the right to express opinion, which is... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1998 - 476 sayfa
...acceptable way. The first of these problems is posed clearly in a passage in a chapter of Utilitarianism: "To have a right, then, is I conceive, to have something...ought? I can give him no other reason than general utility."4" How can a strong commitment to moral rights coexist with affirmation of the overriding... | |
 | John Skorupski - 1998 - 612 sayfa
...to him by society, we say that he has a right to it. (CW X:25o) Elaborating on this, he continues, "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of" (CW X:25o). Recent commentators have pointed out that in this first part of the passage Mill analyzes... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1998 - 376 sayfa
...his analysis. At the start of the next paragraph, he restates the point, in slightly different terms: "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something...which society ought to defend me in the possession of" ([11]: V, 25). This does not assume utilitarianism. His substantive commitment is clearly separated,... | |
 | Michael J. Sandel - 1998 - 254 sayfa
...for the possibility, indeed for the necessity, of detaching the two. To have a right, says Mill, is 'to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of (1863: 459). So strong is society's obligation that my claim 'assumes that character of absoluteness,... | |
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To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of. If the objector goes on to ask why it ought, I can give him no other reason than general utility. 
