The Appeal to the Public Interest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6228582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J W Roxbee Cox, Jeannette Cox (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-241 |
| Publication date | 1973-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123400007808 |
| OpenAlex | W2081871590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
I wish to consider what kind of force attaches to the fact that a certain policy or course of action is in the public interest. How, for example, does it compare with the consideration that a policy is in the interests of a majority, or the consideration that a policy is a fair one? Such questions about the weight to be attached to the fact that a policy or course of action is in the public interest arise naturally if we accept the view, put forward by Barry, that just as to say that a policy is in the interests of farmers, for example, is to say that it is in the interest of each farmer as a farmer or qua farmer, so to say that a policy is in the public interest is to say that it is in the interest of each member of the public as a member of the public or qua member of the public.1
Action (physics · Appeal · Economics · Law and economics · Political science · Public economics · Public interest · Public policy · Sociology · Special Interest Group · Wish · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Property Rights and Legal Doctrine
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2009 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |