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1822 Aug. 22 Constitut. Code Ch. I Rule Good, Bad
S.3. III Operations of Good Rule

1.

III. Operations (primary)
of Good and Bad rule.
1. Of good Rule.
All-comprehensive operation
1. Maximising felicity
2. His modifications.
3. Maximizing positive
felicity: minimizing positive
infelicity.

1(a.)

1. Felicity positive and
negative.

As to good rule,
the primary operation.
1. Maximizing positive
felicity.
2. Maximizing negative
do. i.e. minimizing positive
infelicity.

Of maximizing negative
felicity and minimizing
positive do., suppose
ultimate results the
same, the operation
may be widely different.
People's good the profit:
do. evil the expence:
expence in its largest
sense.


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3.

In Government as in
trade no profit but by
means of loss or expence
under good shall

To those who felicity
is the end, the net profit
is in the ratio of
do. & loss: success is at
the balance in favour
of aggregate number and
interest.

4.

No so under misrule
in the account of do.
Persons whose felicity
is the end, the lesser number.

Success is in the balance
of profit in favour of
these few: even if to
the greatest number the result
be no profit or no
loss. Expence all defrayed
by the many, profit none
except, by accident, carried
to their account:
thus to the few profit,
to the many, loss continually
on the encrease.



Identifier: | JB/038/089/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 38.

Date_1

1822-08-22

Marginal Summary Numbering

1-4

Box

038

Main Headings

constitutional code

Folio number

089

Info in main headings field

constitut. code

Image

001

Titles

Category

marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

e2

Penner

john flowerdew colls

Watermarks

j whatman 1819

Marginals

Paper Producer

john flowerdew colls

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1819

Notes public

ID Number

11726

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