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1819 Apr. 26
Deontology Ch. 1 Rudiments or anticipated Contents
Explanatory
Ch. 1. Interests and Duties in p
1
Chap. 1
Of man's interests and duties in general — interests partial and
compleat — — interest has the result of its connection relation with pleasures and pains, with the several sanctions —
duty its relation to those sanctions — relation of between interest and
duty interest present and future: of the minute — of the whole
of life. Conflict between present and future and remote interest
— thence between interest and duty — interest real and supposed —
fancied — imaginary. At the moment no difference between the real
and the supposed interests Object of every government in so far as
good. In bringing each mans interest to a coincidence with his duty
viz. his public duty — To any no useful purpose nor any
thing be made a man's duty, except in so far as it is made his interest.
[Duties human and superhuman moral and religious —
supposed religions the result of the religious sanction. No conflict between
moral duty and interest and religious duty and interest properly understood. For Neither instance of no one
who has not himself received a superhuman revelation to the contrary
can any religious duty have place in the character of a
religious duty, opposite to or different from the aggregate of his moral
duties: because particular revelation appears as above, in the instance of
no man can the evidence in support of a mass of religious
duties equal in probable force the evidence that has place in
support of the mass of moral human duties: this latter being having all
of it the support of experience — the experience of the individual
in question: : the other, not.]
Relation as between Interest, duty, virtue, vice: interests,
duties, virtues and vices. Virtues have resolvable all of them
into Prudence and Beneficence (including under beneficence
benevolence): the vices, into imprudence and maleficence
including malevolence.
Aristotles list of virtues: 12: the four first cardinal: viz 1 Prudence. 2 Fortitude. 3 Temperance. 4. Justice
Beneficence and Benevolence have no place in the list
Fortitude no virtue except in so far as a modification of or subdivisions to Prudence or Beneficence:
Temperance a modification of Prudence: justice a modification of Beneficence.
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[+] Subjects of interests
and duties. 1. the Situation
permanent and occasional
2. Pleasures and Pains in
question.
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