A right, utility and the definition of liberty as a negative idea: Richard Hey and the Benthamite conception of liberty

History of European Ideas

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-92

  Molivas, G I ^a,b  

^a University of Crete ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bentham; Hey; Liberty; Negative; Right; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032664221     PISSN: 01916599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-6599(99)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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