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could be so great on the aggregate as that which is made up of the greatest
possible portion obtained by every individual man? Of the
largest number of units, – and those units of the largest amount – the largest sum total must be the necessary result.

One large considerable branch of abstential self-regarding
prudence may be called the medical: – it is that in which
bodily future suffering is the penalty of imprudent present enjoyment.
The discipline of after punishment generally follows the
excess of sensual pleasure, – if the excess be extreme it invariably
follows. The pleasure of fruition will be in most cases corporeal – but the adjacent, or consequent pain will be both corporeal
& mental – for imprudence calls upon down the chastisement
of the mind as well in alliance with that of the body, – and regret adds stings to
physical suffering – when man's frame is least able to endure them.

Take any case of imprudence – Intoxication
for exception instance, from the excessive use of spirituous liquors.
Setting aside the effect upon others – the evils of example –
the loss of reputation – the exposure to commit all those indiscretions
& offences which the temporary absence of reason brings with it,
what is the amount of pleasure & pain which regards the
individual considered as isolated from the rest of his race.
At the cost of a certain loss of time – he purchased a certain quantity
of pleasurable excitement. To the loss of time occupied
by the enjoyment add the loss of time lost sacrificed by, or in
consequence of the inebriety – add to that the sufferings
of sickness & the sufferings of debility – the loss of self-control
by the qustrengthening a vicious propensity – the shame –
the sorrow – attendant on the imprudence – (and if no shame &
sorrow be there, – far more than their amount of suffering will
have to be added to the extra-regarding portion of the account).
All these are considerations affecting the individual without
reference to those pains which it is in the power of others
to inflict upon him. To calculate the consequences of
immorality is the first step towards escaping from it.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	409	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f87
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1813
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1813
Notes public		ID Number	5625
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