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1829.June 3. Article on Utilitarianism.

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1817 JB's Springs
of Action

In 1817 came out Mr. Bentham's
little tract entitled "Springs of Action", which is composed
of a pretty extensive Table explained & elucidated by
notes. In his "Introductn to Morals & Legislatn" he
had brought to view the several Motives by which
human action in all its modifications is produced:
these motives being accompanied and explained by the
several correspondent pleasures and pains: a motive
being nothing but the fear of some pain, in the
event of a certain mode of action which accordingly
the will is urged to avoid; or the hope of a certain
pleasure, which accordingly the will is urged to put to the
individual in question in a condition to experience.
In this Table for the first time a third the list of Interests
was added, to wit a list of Interests was added
to the two former lists : each motive had in the
first work been explained by its connexion with
the correspondent pain or pleasure : now in
this second work each interest is explained
by its connection with the correspondent pain or
pleasure as also with the correspondent motive.
By this means if the list of pains & pleasures is
complete so also was is the list of motives:
& if the list of pains & pleasures in conjunction
with the list of motives is complet so also
is the list of interests : each of these words
contributes to give precision & fixity to the
import of every other. To the indication given these three sorts of psychological
entities if so they may be termed, is added
that of a fourth sort namely that of desires:
between motives & desires the only difference being
that by the word motive preference is made to
some correspondent mode of action to the production
of which it is represented and conducive:
an indication which is not given by the word desire. In

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Date_1	1829-12-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	309	Info in main headings field	deontology private
Image	012	Titles
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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