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1821 March 4
Deontology

A main distinction here is – between beneficence which
can be not be exercised without self-sacrifice, and Beneficence
which can be exercised without self-sacrifice. To
that which can not be exercised without self-sacrifice, there
are necessarily limits and these comparatively very narrow
ones: indeed In truth Beneficence which is accompanied with any degree of self-sacrifice
is not exercised but to a certain amount exercised without being
to a certain amount at the expense of a certain amount of Self-regarding Prudence: although
it may be no otherwise at the expense of Self-regarding Prudence
than as the seed sown by the husbandman is sown
at the expense of Self-regarding Prudence. In no case in which
money is disbursed without adequate return can Beneficence
it is plain be exercised without correspondent self-sacrifice.

To the exercise of Beneficence in the case in that where it
is exercised without self-sacrifice, it is plain there can be no
bounds limits: and by every exercise thus made of it, a contribution
is made to the Good will Fund to a mans General Goodwill fund Bank without expence and
and made without expence. In a certain degree sense indeed
Beneficence that has any virtue in it Beneficence though
negative if it has any virtue in it can not be exercised
without self-sacrifice: for it is can not be exercised without
forbearance: and forbearance in so far as there is any
the smallest desire to perform the act forborne from, requires
consideration, requires effort, and has to undergo to any uneasiness
with which this effort may happen to be accompanied, is, by the
amount of that uneasiness self-sacrifice. There are many
cases in which this self-sacrifice is accompanied with uneasiness
to a great amount. it an amount beyond the endurance
of the generality of men; in the present state of society at least.
Such as that which causes a forbearance to gratify the appetite of revenge
when excited by severe injury.⊞

⊞But to self-sacrifice
in this shape, whatever
limits may be set by the
dictates of Beneficence
and self-regarding Prudence
there are none set by the
nature of the case: none
set as such as those which
are set in the case where
the act of beneficence
consists in the gift of
money and the rendering of service by labor performed.

Identifier: | JB/015/547/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Date_1	1821-03-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	547	Info in main headings field	deontology
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4 / f233
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	sir john bowring	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5763
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