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1819 Aug. 5
Fallacies

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4. Sham-distinguisher's device.

This is the converse of the Lumping-Classifiers device.
For the purpose of finding a justification for suppressing the suppression
of some course of action which upon the whole has more of usefulness
than mischievousness in it, he divides it presents it to you as
distinguishable into two courses, one more useful than pernicious
mischievous, another more mischievous than useful. Admitt
this, he then proceeds to endeavour in his endeavours to suppress
the whole, telling you it is only to the pernicious mischievous parts
that his intentions and endeavours are directed.

Take for example the liberty of examining into the usefulness
& mischievousness of the several arrangements included under
the name of Law, Government, Constitution &c. as above, and the
operations performed by the several functionaries in the exercise of
their several functions. The liberty of their examination he will
acknowledge to be indispensably necessary to good government: but
then this liberty must be unaccompanied with licentiousness: for
licentiousness is as no less hostile to the end in view as than liberty is
friendly to it. Whereas between liberty and licentiousness — between
the things themselves there is no real distinction: when a man
meaning well is to be considered as friendly to this liberty, he uses the
liberty is the denomination he employs: when he is can not but be seen to act
hostility against seen to be in hostility actual hostility hostilly disposed towards it
licentiousness is the term he employs in speaking of it.

Identifier: | JB/104/064/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 104.
Date_1	1819-08-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	104	Main Headings	fallacies
Folio number	064	Info in main headings field	fallacies
Image	002	Titles	logical cloud-climbers or logical high-fliers, or political aeronauts, or airborne skirmishers' device
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	34035
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