Quotes by Francis Hutcheson
1694 – 1746
Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he assumed the chair of Moral Philosophy in 1729.
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Philosophy
Francis Hutcheson’s early formulation of the principle of “the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers” (1726)
Natural Rights
Francis Hutcheson on the difference between “perfect” and “imperfect” rights (1725)