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20 Sept 1814 Logic or Ethics

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Deontology
Ch. Pleasures of Amity 2 1

E g may not abstain from offences be ranged
under this head. Pain, the pain of disgust: disgust by what causes produced: generally practice. Eg Conceits for disgust An of Human Life.
the Sensibility an imposed by costly education & habits.
No Flattery a just object of aversion or contempt, except what is rendered
at the expense of probity. Prudence only suggests the proposals of not being
to individuals sources, the rendering of intent what ever services it renders an
object of hatred and contempt. Thereby no feat of the competitor of Flattery may avoid
suspend demonstrable of , to benefices &c. well in to prudence.

In regard to the primary virtues, it seldom happens
the occasions are comparatively rare in which for the duration
to be to of this pursuit there exists between them any considerable
competition.

3
Seldom any
between
primary virtues
for direction of this
pursuit.
4
To gain amity
services to be
rendered. These
limited by prudence
& probity

Be the person who he may, what what in order to gain
his favour his amity what is the natural, the obvious
course? Within the field sphere of your power, to combine
in the habit of rendering to him all sorts of services.
To the value of the services thus to be rendered, what are the
considerations that set the limit? In the first place, Answer considerations
suggested by probity and those suggested by prudence suggested by the virtue of probity, and considerations
suggested by the virtue of prudence.

Limits applied
by probity to this
the same as to
pursuit of wealth.

wealth
pursuit of amity
for

The limits applied by probity to the pursuit of the object of
this desire are the same as those applied by the that same
primary virtue to the pursuit of the object of the matter
of wealth. If, as a is to a considerable extent is apt to
be the case, the value of the services good expected at the hands
of the person whose amity is courted, consists in the (say for shortness the person courted)
tendency they have to confer on the person courting
portion more or less considerable of the matter of wealth
of the desired amity is enough for regarded as a source of enrichment
the pursuit of amity is in nobody pro tanto the pursuit of the
matter of wealth: whereupon and in so far as the pursuit of
the matter of wealth with and the pleasures and exemptions
derivable from it is repugnant to the probity, so is
the pursuit of amity.

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Date_1	1814-09-20	Marginal Summary Numbering	3-5
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	155	Info in main headings field	logic or ethics
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	sir john bowring	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	4918
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