Rights, Representation, and Reform: Nonsense Upon Stilts and Other Writings on the French RevolutionBentham's writings for the French Revolution were dominated by the themes of rights, representation, and reform. In 'Nonsense upon Stilts' (hitherto known as 'Anarchical Fallacies'), the most devastating attack on the theory of natural rights ever written, he argued that natural rights provided an unsuitable basis for stable legal and political arrangements. In discussing the nature of representation he produced the earliest utilitarian justification of political equality and representative democracy, even recommending women's suffrage. |
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... RIGHTS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE 147 167 177 Observations on the Report of the Committee in which the X CONTENTS.
... RIGHTS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE 147 167 177 Observations on the Report of the Committee in which the X CONTENTS.
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National Assembly His irresponsability 230 232 233 SIV . Provincial Assemblies 233 Functions of the Provincial Assemblies 234 SV . Sub - Provincial Assemblies 235 Functions of the Sub - Provincial Assemblies 235 OBSERVATIONS 237 SI .
National Assembly His irresponsability 230 232 233 SIV . Provincial Assemblies 233 Functions of the Provincial Assemblies 234 SV . Sub - Provincial Assemblies 235 Functions of the Sub - Provincial Assemblies 235 OBSERVATIONS 237 SI .
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Want of authority on the part of the first National Assembly thus to tie the hands of its successors 270 § III . Want of rational argument in favour of such a pretension 272 § IV . Inconsistency 278 SV . Inadequateness of the pretended ...
Want of authority on the part of the first National Assembly thus to tie the hands of its successors 270 § III . Want of rational argument in favour of such a pretension 272 § IV . Inconsistency 278 SV . Inadequateness of the pretended ...
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Contents
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS | xv |
NECESSITY OF AN OMNIPOTENT | xix |
Lettre dun Anglois à M le C de M sur lobjet soumis | xxii |
Publication préliminaire | 23 |
Plan de marche pour la conduite des affaires | 44 |
Véracité avec Fidelité | 51 |
CONSIDÉRATIONS DUN ANGLOIS SUR | 63 |
Termes capitaux servant de points de ralliement aux principes | 67 |
Art 9 | 356 |
Art 10 | 358 |
Art 11 | 361 |
Art 12 | 364 |
Art 13 | 366 |
Art 14 | 369 |
Art 15 | 371 |
Art 16 | 372 |
RÉPONSES | 87 |
Acquiescence | 145 |
COMPOSITION DES ÉTATSGÉNÉRAUX | 157 |
OBSERVATIONS SUR RÉSULTAT | 167 |
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DRAUGHTS | 177 |
Observations on the Report of the Committee in which | 179 |
SHORT VIEWS OF ECONOMY FOR THE | 193 |
Limits to Economy | 200 |
Appropriation | 208 |
RetrenchmentPensions on RetreatDonations | 219 |
National Assembly and King | 229 |
OBSERVATIONS | 237 |
Préface | 246 |
Introduction and Heads | 265 |
EMANCIPATE YOUR COLONIES ADDRESSED | 289 |
JUNE 1829 | 314 |
Art 4 | 338 |
Art 5 | 341 |
Art 6 | 343 |
Art 7 | 349 |
Art 8 | 353 |
Art 17 | 374 |
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MAN AND THE CITIZEN A 1795 | 376 |
Art 2 | 378 |
Art 4 | 379 |
Art 5 | 380 |
Art 2 | 381 |
Art 4 | 383 |
Art 5 | 384 |
Art 7 | 385 |
Art 8 | 387 |
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AS PROPOSED BY CITIZEN SIEYÈS | 389 |
Art 2 | 390 |
ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE WORD RIGHT | 398 |
DIVISION OF POWER | 405 |
63 | 412 |
OF THE INFLUENCE OF | 419 |
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM | 428 |
COLLATION | 435 |
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| Title | Rights, Representation, and Reform: Nonsense Upon Stilts and Other Writings on the French Revolution Collected works of Jeremy Bentham, James Henderson Burns Collected works of Jeremy Bentham. Political writings, Jeremy Bentham Volume 15 of Works, Jeremy Bentham Works. Political writings, Jeremy Bentham |
| Author | Jeremy Bentham |
| Editors | Philip Schofield, Catherine Pease-Watkin, Cyprian Blamires |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 019924863X, 9780199248636 |
| Length | 486 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Europe / Great Britain / General Philosophy / Political |
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