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which we have been inculcating. "Utilitas" he says elsewhere. Utilitas justi
prope mater et æqui. Here happily sound & sense harmonize. Here is the
principle of utility set up in express terms as the standard of right & wrong in
terms the import of which is plain enough, – tho' here, the expression wants
completeness. What is utility? What but the property of producing pleasure & preventing pain?

In the field of purely self regarding prudence the sensual pleasures
being the most intense & peremptory in their demands for gratification are
especially those which require the most cautious & careful estimate of their
associated pains. The experience of the medical adviser, – the lessons of the
economist, may indeed take place of the counsels of morality: – the option
is often between the enjoyment of a moment – & the pain of years. – between
the excited satisfaction of a very short period, – & the sacrifice of a whole
existence between the stimulation of life for an hour, – & the consequent
adjacency of disease or death.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	384	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f60
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	5600
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