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Ideas for Paul Bernays, Jeremy Bentham and Mulligan/Simons/Smith

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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

20977	Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham]
	Full Idea: Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense — nonsense upon stilts.
	From: Jeremy Bentham (Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights [1796])
	A reaction: If you want your opinion to be remembered, express it memorably! I take natural rights to be the basic principles and values which are obvious to almost everyone when they come for formulate legal rights (which are the only true rights).

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)