JB/014/260/001

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1819 Oct 31

Deontology

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Passion
1. Anger

Circumstances it may be said there are, in which,
not merely pain, purposely produced, the
natural effect fruit of anger — pain purposely produced, —
but anger itself the passion, is not merely
useful to society but even necessary to its
existence: the passion itself, and this, so
conditioned is not to be regulated according
to the dictates either of self regarding prudence
or benevolence. These circumstances are
no other than those which have place in this
country throughout the whole field of penal
jurisprudence. A man has I have been robbed:
The circumstances of the offence are such as in
case of conviction subject the offender either
to capital punishment or at least to
Transportation in a state of servitude:
Shall I prosecute the offender? not; if
self regarding prudence, and that she alone is
to be my counsellor; for what would be
the result? To the loss sustained by the
robbery I should add the further loss inflicted
upon the prosecutor by the prosecution. Not,
if Benevolence is to be my counsellor;
for of benevolence, in my view of it, the
response may be, that the punishment
is too great for the offence. Such accordingly
is the response which as every body knows
is to a great extent considered by men as
actually given in this case, in particular
where the punishment is death.

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Date_1	1819-10-31	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	260	Info in main headings field	deontology
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e5
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