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(Chapter 3)
Extra-regarding Prudence

This branch of the great moral topic may be perhaps
most conveniently & satisfactorily treated by considering
first the general Laws which extra regarding prudence dictates
in our ordinary intercourse with mankind, & then by
pursuing the inquiry into the relations which demand
modification of those general laws in order to produce on the
whole the greatest accessible sum of felicity.

The dependence of man upon his fellow men
is the sole source of the extra-regarding, as it is of the benevolent
principle. For if, a man were wholly sufficient to himself, to himself
he would be sufficient & as the opinions & conduct of others
towards him would by the supposition be wholly indifferent to him
no sacrifice would he make to obtain their friendly regards affections.
In fact, such sacrifice would be but a waste, & such waste
would be a folly.

Happily for each – happily for all of us, the human
race being is differently constituted. Of man's pleasures a
great proportion is dependent on the will of others, – & can only
be possessed by him with their concurrence & co-operation.
There is no possibility of disregarding the happiness of others
without at the same time risking happiness of our own.
There is no possibility of avoiding those inflictions of pain
with which it is in the power of others to visit us except by
conciliating their friendly attention. Each individual is linked
to his race by a tie, of all ties the strongest, the tie of
self regard.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	416	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	chapter 3 / extra-regarding prudence
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	j & m mills 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	john fraunceis gwyn
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	5632
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