The Development of Bentham's Position
The Development of Bentham's Position
It is essential to the interpretive hypothesis that Bentham's dual standard in the Introduction was not his fundamental doctrine but was derivative. This chapter begins by reviewing the origins of this interpretation, to show why this is so. It then reconstructs an elaborate implicit argument that might plausibly be claimed to express Bentham's unarticulated thoughts. The argument has two stages, one dealing with the government as a whole, the second drawing conclusions about the ordinary official conduct of government functionaries.
Keywords: Bentham, government, law, derivation, dual standard, Introduction
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