Utilitarianisms bad breath? A re-evaluation of the public interest justification for planning

Planning Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-187

  Campbell, Heather ^a   Marshall, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common good; Consequentialism; Deontology; Public interest; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649135637     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147309520200100205     Document Type: Article

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