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1819 April 29
Deontology Private

☞ For wanton maleficence – tells the story of Horne Took playing upon
the Americans at Metcalf's. 2. JB to Count Rumford about close stools
J.B. and Mackreth.

Benevolence and Beneficence as either positive or negative.
Positive beneficence is doing good: negative beneficence is abstaining
from doing evil.

Even in the instance of the most powerful hand vast infinite
it is evident in the case of man in general is the range of negative in comparison of that
of positive beneficence. Not so of benevolence if by this term nothing be understood
beyond the wish or even if nothing be understood by it beyond
the endeavour.

Maleficence may be have place without design intention or with
design intention: without design intention through heedlessness.

With design intention it may have place 1. through self-regard,
2. through pure ill-will, 3. through social regard, 4. through
mere or say curiosity.

Whether the results of self-regard – of pure ill-will, or of social-regard,
maleficence may be the result either of sudden anger, or of
deliberate ill-will revenge.

☞ Note the several consequen considerations which prudence – extra-regarding
prudence opposes to it in those several cases.

☞ Bring to view the several modes in which in the several
cases maleficence, with or without malevolence may exercise
itself in cases in which it has not the legal sanction to oppose
it.

One class will consist in the violation of the rules of good breeding:
for which see Chesterfield's Letters.

Identifier: | JB/015/551/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
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