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The Appeal to the Public Interest

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  • Cox, J. W. Roxbee

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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

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  • Cox, J. W. Roxbee, 1973. "The Appeal to the Public Interest," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(2), pages 229-241, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:3:y:1973:i:02:p:229-241_00
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    1. Hild Marte Bjornsen & Olaf Foss & Steinar Johansen & Bjorg Langset, 2013. "Services Of General Interest In Europe: Political Context And Territorial Evidence. An Introduction," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 7(3), pages 9-36, JUNE.

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