Francis Hutcheson Quotes
1694 - 1746
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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
1725 An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, treatise1, sect.5. 
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More Francis Hutcheson Quotes
That action is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. See Bentham 77:65.
Francis Hutcheson— 1725 An Inquiry into theOriginal of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, treatise 2, sect.3. This is the classic exposition of pragmatism.
That Action is best which procures the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers; and that worst, which, in like manner, occasions misery.
Francis Hutcheson— Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725) Treatise II, Section 3
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.
Francis Hutcheson— A System of Moral Philosophy : The General Notions of Rights and Laws Explained (1755) Book II, Ch. III
