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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 (1755). “A System Of Moral Philosophy: In Three Books : To which is Prefixed Some Account Of The Life, Writings, And Character Of The Author”, p.266
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.