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16 Sept. 1814 §.1

Logic or Ethics Ch. Causes of Immorality Deontology?

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3 1. Prevalence of self regarding to social interest — Cause, fault of governments
in note — identification

4 2. Preference of lesser present to greater distant — defects in education
intellectual and moral

1 3. False principles in morals: viz. asceticism and sentimentalism.
Requiring to be given up pleasures which neither ought to be nor
ever ought to be given up, they discredit the disprove the practical
utility of books and of morality, and confirm men in the notion that
bad morals are all that are fit for practice, good ones only for discourse and parade
hence hypocrisy.

2 4. Misapplication of religion.) False morality can now be cultivated but at the expence of true.

Ch.

Of the causes of immorality {viz — of in the degree in which it is
at present found prevalent.}

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16 Sept. 1814 §.3

Logic or Ethics Ch. Causes of Immorality Deontology?

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§.3. Religion misapplied

§.3. Second cause of the prevalence of immorality — misapplication
of religion to morals

Next to the use and application of the false principles
of morality, viz asceticism of and sentimentalism,
may be comes ranked the misapplication of religious principles

Religion is misapplied how can it be otherwise?
in proportion as it is applied to any part of the field of
morals.

Applied in conformity to the principle of utility
it is needless and useless: applied in opposition to
that sole guardian of ha temporal felicity it is
pernicious.

Identifier: | JB/014/125/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1814-09-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	125	Info in main headings field	logic or ethics
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] mj&l 1811]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	colonel aaron burr
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1811
Notes public		ID Number	4888
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