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work_xotlbahz55czxjz4l3ghzmldfe	Nathan Brett	Hume: Justice as Property	1987	19	.pdf	application/pdf	7984	521	68	primarily discussions of property, which is given a basis in convention, rather than status as a natural right. justice and property that Hume's account presupposes. Thus, as long as these conventions work to produce stability, following the rules of property is being The difference between the conventions or rules generating superstition and those generating property, according to H u m e , lies entirely in their respective utilities. necessary" for co-operative social existence that there be divisions between "mine" and "yours." The discussion of promises is not separable from Hume's general theory of property. that the connection between justice and property to be merely a matter of words ("it is only necessary to define the terms") makes a great H u m e had proved anything about the artificiality of justice in showing that property is based on convention. On Hume's view, the conventions which generate property are one 	./cache/work_xotlbahz55czxjz4l3ghzmldfe.pdf	./txt/work_xotlbahz55czxjz4l3ghzmldfe.txt