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12 Sept 1814

Logic or Ethics Ch Virtues Class

1 §5. Beneficence. Benevolence

Ch.
§ Of Beneficence and Benevolence: [and the opposite
Vices Maleficence and Malevolence.]

Positive and negative — into these two branches
the field of beneficence requires it will be seen to be
divided.

1
Beneficence 1 positive
2. negative

Positive beneficence is the character quality which a
man is considered as possessing in proportion endowed with in a degree proportioned to the importance of the
beneficial effects produced or positive acts of a positively serviceable nature exercised by him
towards in relation to the persons towards whom the virtue is considered as exercising itself:

2
Positive, what

Negative beneficence is the quality which a man
is considered as possessing in respect of all or any such acts
as, without being repugnant to the virtue of probity, i.e.
modifications of the vice of improbity, would be productive
of annoyances i.e. of pain or uneasiness to
other men.

3
Negative, what

Identifier: | JB/014/097/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1814-09-12	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	097	Info in main headings field	logic or ethics
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] mj&l 1811]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	colonel aaron burr
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