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Utility the standard of Law

Illuminated by the principle of Utility, the field of Law action will assume a
new appearance. Scattered before its radience The Parade of Wisdom, the Solemn mootings,
the curious distinctions, the cobweb reasonings, the scornful dogmas of intolerance & ignorance will vanish into nothing.
the quirks and quiddities where Stripped of the mysteries that involved
and perplexities with which casuists & Churchmen have involved the standard of duty it will
them, will show themselves in their genuine colours, and be found of daily use & daily comfort. Vague & declamatory generalities will lose their power & become as they are fit objects of
ridicule and lamentation: ridicule, considered in themselves – lamentation
when considered in their consequences.

The understanding & the will are alike the source of action, & alike operating operative of action
on the ends of action. The will or the intention of every man may be supposed to is
directed to the possession of happiness obtainment of his well being. Deontology is called upon to
enlighten the understanding – so that it might direct may guide the will in its to
most certain course or the in its pursuit of happiness by furnishing in the most efficient means. The will wants no has always
a the end in view – it only is for the understanding to punish correct
the appropriate means its the aberrations of the will where it the will employs other than
the fittest instruments. The action of both The repetition of acts
whether positive or negative – that is acts of commission or of abstention –
having for their object the production of the greatest accessible balance
of pleasure, and being judiciously directed to that end – constitutes
habitual virtue.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	188	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f50
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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