JB/023/004/002

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1829 April 23
PetitionsSupplement
Apology

II. Case the 2nd. Subject matter, the aggregate of happiness, its
immediate object or effect of the substantive branch of the law, the minimization
of that same aggregate or in other words the maximization of the aggregate – viz happiness In in this case the greater the aptitude of
this branch of law with reference to the production of that same effect
the greater will be the quantity of happiness unhappiness produced by it.

In this case as before let the ad aptitude of the adjective
branch relation had to its immediate object, to wit the giving execution
and effect to the correspondent substantive branch be at its
maximum: it will be relation had to the production of happiness
it will be at its minimum: relation had to the production of
unhappiness, at its maximum.

The substantive adjective branch of the law is an instrument
in the hands of the substantive: the more apt the instrument
in its of as such the more maleficent it will be, if the
correspondent substantive branch is maleficent.

What a cannon is in the hands of the artilleryman
is the adjective branch of the law is in the hands of the
substantive branch. Suppose the war in which the artilleryman
is employing it a war of just and necessary war,
a war of natural defence against unprovoked hostility commenced
for the purpose of conquest in a state of things in which the conquest would be detrimental to the happiness of the native conquest thence beneficial to the native conquering: the greater its slaughter
produced by the cannon the greater the contribution made by it
to the aggregate of happiness. Suppose on the other hand the war
which the artilleryman is employing the cannon a war of
unprovoked hostility engaged in for the purpose of conquest more detrimental
as above than beneficial as above: in this case the greater
the slaughter produced by the cannon, the greater is the contri
detriment given produced by it to the maximum of happiness – in other
words the contribution made by it to the maximum of
unhappiness. But in both cases its aptitude relation had
to its immediate use, to wit production of slaughter is the
same.

Identifier: | JB/023/004/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 23.
Date_1	1829-11-17	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-17
Box	023	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field	constitutional code us
Image	002	Titles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f4
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	7875
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