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14 Feby. 1814

Ch. XII. Consequences
§.1. Shapes in which
the mischief of an act
may shew itself.

1. Recapitulation – 149

2. Mischief of an act, the
aggregate of its mischievous
consequences. 149

3. The mischief of an act
primary or secondary. 149.

4. Primary – originator
derivative. – 150

5. The secondary – 1. Alarms
or 2. Danger. – 150

6. Example – 150

7. The danger whence it
arises – a past offence
affords no direct motive
to a future. 151

8. But it suggests feasibility,
and weakens the
force of restraining motives – 152

9. viz 1. Those issuing from
the political sanction 152

10. 2. Those issuing from
the moral – 153.

11. It is said to operate by
the influence of example. 153

12. The alarm and the
danger though connected
are distinguishable. 154

13. The primary consequences
of an act may be mischievous,
and the secondary
beneficial – 154

14. Analysis of the different
shape in which the mischief
of an act may shew itself. 154

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Ch. XII. Consequence.

15. – applied to the preceding
cases. 156

16. – to examples of other
cases where the mischief
is less conspicuous. 156

17. Example I. An act of
self-intoxication – 156

18. Example II. Non payment
of a tax – 157

19. No alarm, when no
assignable person is the
object. – 159.

§. 2.

20. Secondary mischief
influenced by the state of
the agents mind. 160

21. Case 1. Involuntariness – 160.

22. Case 2. Unintentionality
with heedlessness – 161

23. Case 3. Missupposal
of a complete justification
without rashness – 161

24. Case 4. Missupposal
of a partial justification
with rashness. 161

25. Case 5. Missupposal
with rashness. – 162

26. Case 6. Consequences
completely intentional
and free from missupposal.

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27. The nature of a motive
takes not away the
mischief of the secondary
consequences. – 162.

28. Nor the beneficialness. 163

29. But it may aggravate
the mischievousness where
they are mischievous. 163

30. But not the most in
the case of the worst motives. – 163.

31. It does the more, the
more considerable the
tendency of the motive
to produce such acts. 163

32. Which is as its
strength and constancy. 164

33. General efficacy of
a species of motive, how
measured. – 164

34. A mischievous act
is more so, when issuing
from a self-regarding
than when from a dissocial
motive. 164

35. º so even when issuing
from the motive of
religion. – 165

36. Now the secondary
mischief is influenced
by disposition. 165

37. Connection of this
with the succeeding chapter – 165

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Date_1	1814-02-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
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