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1829. June 9. Article on Utilitarianism.

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Two material attributes
of greatt. happiness
principle its
all-comprehensiveness
& consistency. It takes
Charge of Morals & Politics
(Government & Legislation)
& International
Law - each
as it is for hope of
rendering it what
it ought to be.

Among the meritorious attributes of the
greatest happiness principle, two, which are too material
to be forgotten, are the all-comprehensiveness and
the consistency, meaning exemption from the danger
of inconsistency, of which it may be said to be in so
eminent a degree susceptible, if it may not with more
propriety be said to be actually in possession, to the securing
of which valuable properties to the details of any
work carried on under it's direction, it affords such
important assistance. It takes alike under it's charge
and gives character and direction to the details of Morals
and Politics, including under Politics Government
and Legislation, and International Law : each of them
considered as it is, for the hope of seeing it rendered
what it ought to be. Morals is the doctrine of what ought
to be done by man when acting on the small - the
individual scale : Politics the doctrine of what ought
to be done by him, when acting on an enlarged, a national,
or international scale.

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It cannot be applied
on too large a scale.
Not so with asceticism,
no ascetic wd.
deprive a whole
nation of much less
the human race
of all enjoyment.
If yes - damnation
wd. be the proper
end in view.

Of the greatest happiness principle
application cannot be made on too large a scale :
it cannot be carried on too far. Note here how striking
the contrast it forms with the principle of asceticism :
whatsoever merit he may descry in
imposing sufferance or in denying enjoyment to
himself, the most devoted partisan of the principle
of asceticism will hardly make a merit of dealing
in the same manner with a whole nation : still
less with the whole of the human race at all times:
if yes, damnation universal and direct would be
the right and proper end in view, the attainment
of which ought to be the object of all endeavors.

Identifier: | JB/014/397/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1829-06-09	Marginal Summary Numbering	83-84
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	397	Info in main headings field	article on utilitarianism
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1 / f40
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1829
Marginals	john flowerdew colls	Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
Notes public	[[notes_public::"copy" [note in colls's hand]]]	ID Number	5160
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