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C 5
Rape
From p. 2 at bottom
Aggravation I Rape unnatural
Rape unnatural Where the offence is committed against the order
of nature.(A)
+ 1. In an individual
the loss would produce
a greater sensation
than in the public, even
though it were expected
to produce the greatest
shock from being
multiplied.
In such case the offender may be
ignominiously exhibited in the tub of uncleanness.
See Punishments.
Or he may be banished from the whole or any part of the dominions of the state for a time or
forever.
Exposition
[(A) Ordo any naturæ violateur si omni masculo fiat, aut curae famina in parte un propria
vagina.
To p. 3. par. 2.
Compensation
3. If The public can better afford even to bear a loss, than
any individual.
By breaking down the loss into impalpable
portions, the pressure of it is lessen'd upon the whole. Now
What what is thrown upon the fisc, or other large and public large fund
is broken down into impalpable portions: to wit by being distributed among all the contributors to the fund Hence in one
respect, the benefit of Insurance suffices. If this were not the case
The public frequently grants indemnification to individuals.
In so doing it would never do any good, if
the above axioms were not true.
It is for this reason and no other that taxes ought to be equal
Unexpected losses, the
public therefore can better bear than any body. 2 losses falling In an individual
a loss would on an individual produce a sudden shock a greater sensation than
the pain of privation. in the public were it only for being unexpected. In an individual losses falling unexpectedly produce a sudden shock. On the public, that is on the whole
number of contributors to the public fund, they produce
no such shock. In general, nobody when he In paysing his contribution to that fund,
nobody sees what he pays for: he knows not that he pays
on account of one exegency more than of another. And with regard to any loss that can happen upon any given occasion through criminality extraordinary
indeed must the case be if each man's share of it be not a
less quantity than any thing that is assignable.
Even to an individual can better afford not to gain than it is to lose, when it is nothing not to gain 3.The public can better afford better than an individual even to bear a loss.
1. In an individual the loss would produce a greater sensation than in the public, even though it were expected 2. It produces the greater shock from being of the domininions of the unexpected
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aggravation i / exposition |
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