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Ideas for Empedocles, Jeremy Bentham and Samir Okasha

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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / d. General will

3778	The community's interest is a sum of individual interests [Bentham]
	Full Idea: The interest of the community is the sum of the interests of the several members who compose it.
	From: Jeremy Bentham (Intro to Principles of Morals and Legislation [1789], I.4)