JB/116/483/001

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Lett Ld N.S. Wales

18 Aug 1802

II. Collins
Analysis

The goodness of the intention being assumed (and certainly
in general not without just ground in point of
experience)t the application of these to measures
is commonly made+ at random, without any very critical
examination into the import convey'd by the proportions
of which they compose the substance.

(as in hands of ordinary
mould
(as in vulgar hands
political affairs
in vulgar hands general are
mostly conducted)

Human Dispositions and affections considered with respect to their influence
on the human happiness of mankind, have been distinguished
into the selfish (or—rather self-regarding) the anti-social
or dissocial—and the social. All of them are necessary
ingredients in mans nature: if all of them be
but above all the self-regarding, from by which come at the
same time arise are made/come the deepest cuts most obstacles to and the
largest defalcations that are made by any instrument into the from the cause of human happiness.

The self regarding and the antisocial affections the mainsprings
of human conduct have for their principal
regulators the social affections: to which head belongs
those produced by the influence exerted on the human mind will
by the several sanctions afforded by the principles characterized by the words of law,
religion, morality or public opinio—i:e. the several
lots of pain or pleasure expected from these several sources
+ to which may be added the physical sanction: the source
of pain or pleasure considered as derived immediately from the sanction
of the powers of nature, without passing through the medium either of
either of the three other sanctions. Thus disease is the a
to may the punishments annexed by the physical sanction
to the practice of sloth and drunkenness: strength and
good spirits, the rewards annexed by the same sanction
to activity and temperance.

+An addition that would
must be made, if it be desired to compleat the
measure, is that of

Identifier: | JB/116/483/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1802-08-18	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	483	Info in main headings field	letter 3d n. s. wales
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	38016
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