There cannot be any question of organizing society according to the postulate of an arbitrary preconceived idea of justice. The problem is to organize society for the best possible realization of those ends which men want to attain by social co-operation.... Theory and History - Page 53by Ludwig von Mises - 1985Full view - About this book
| F. A. Hayek - Business & Economics - 1978 - 261 pages
...particular expression. 51 Cf. Ludwig von Mises, Theory and History (Yale University Press, 1957) p. 54: The ultimate yardstick of justice is conduciveness...any question of organizing society according to the postulate of an arbitrary preconceived idea of justice. The problem is to organize society for the... | |
| Edward J. Dodson - Social Science - 2002 - 600 pages
...core. Throughout it all, the transnational community quietly expands and even achieves some influence. The ultimate yardstick of justice is conduciveness...detrimental to the preservation of society is unjust. [Ludwig Von Mises] ^ CHAPTER 1 THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE ABANDONED Thomas Jefferson's election in 1800... | |
| G. W. Smith - Political Science - 2002 - 454 pages
...normative moral philosophy it was simply utilitarianism. For example, on the question of justice, he wrote: The ultimate yardstick of justice is conduciveness to the preservation of social cooperation', and 'social utility is the only standard of justice. It is the sole guide of legislation'.1" He also... | |
| Charles Robert McCann - Business & Economics - 2004 - 258 pages
...Only then does the distinction between what is just and what is unjust emerge." It then follows that "[t]he ultimate yardstick of justice is conduciveness to the preservation of social cooperation," with social utility being the standard (Mises 1957, p. 54). Justice then is nothing but "a utilitarian... | |
| Jörg Guido Hülsmann - 2007 - 1143 pages
...The point was, again, that each individual is his own judge. 960 Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism men the individual is forced to abstain from conduct...conduct detrimental to the preservation of society is unjust.18 This raises an important practical problem for all systems of social organization that, because... | |
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