JB/034/171/002

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1823. April 26
Constitut. Code

Whatever is done by government, is done partly
by means of the matter of punishment or the fear of it, or by partly by means of the matter of reward, or the hope
of it.

The matter of reward is not in any sufficient quantity procurable by government
without expence: expence as above, generally
in the shape of punish hardship and punishment.

The matter of reward is a portion of the matter
of good – or say of the aggregate mass of the extra of felicity, considered as employed in the production
of felicity in the breast of an individual, in
consideration of some act done, or supposed to be done
by him, or about to be done by him.

Accordingly, on no occasion, and for no purpose
is good producible by government, but through evil, as
above.

Hence, in so far as may be without detriment
to the net amount of good produced, the maximization
of national felicity the greatest happiness of the greatest number
requires that factitious reward – reward applied by the
hand of government at the expence of the community – be
in every shape minimized, as well as the matter of punishment.

Identifier: | JB/034/171/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 34.
Date_1	1823-09-14	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	034	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	171	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	10445
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