The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency, he has a right thus to act.


A System of Moral Philosophy (1755) Book II, Ch. III

Francis Hutcheson Quotes

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency, he has a right...

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency, he has a right...

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency, he has a right...

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency, he has a right...