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1819 Aug. 12

Deontology Theoretical

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Wat Whatsoever be a man's title to esteem, be it
legitimate, be it illegitimate, by the whatever display he makes
of it, and in proportion to the extent of that display, he
produces, in the minds of other men a quality of competition
for that same advantage intangible sense of pleasure, he produces in proportion
to the success of such his display, a portion of uneasiness.
Vanity in a word, in this one breast, calls into existence and
thus into action the emotions — the affections
the passions of envy and jealousy, or these others: in the
each such breast, envy, from the pursuance conception notion of that a man's not possessing
so great a share, comparison made with that of the vain
man, as he could have wished wished for: jealousy, in respect of
the fear of not possessing an equal share such p c, absolute, or a share
so much superior as he could have wished, in future

In elevated life, the higher a mans station, the
less is it apt to excite either envy or jealousy on the part
of the subject many. Why? because envy and jealousy
can scarcely have place but in so far as competition
has place: and the greater the distance between rank and
rank, the gr less the room for competition.

At the same time the higher a mans station, the greater
the extent to which he is capable of exercising the faculty of beneficence:
and in so far as it is by in acts of beneficence
that his vanity seeks its gratification, the esteem consciousness or notion of pleasure of the former which
he observes by this means serves to counterbalance, and in
general to outweigh the any pain or and danger of which the envy
and jealousy of others has its source, as well as the pain
attached to the envy and jealousy in those breasts in which they respectively have place.

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Date_1	1819-08-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	249	Info in main headings field	deontology theoretical
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	5012
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