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16.
B.1. Ch.6

The foregoing catalogue of properties
desirable in a lot of punishment is far
from unnecessary. On every occasion before
a right judgment can be formed it is
necessary to form an abstract idea of all
the properties the object ought to possess.
Till Unless this is done every expression of
approbation or disapprobation can arise
only from a confused sent feeling of sympathy
or antipathy. We now possess clear and
distinct reasons for determining our choice
of punishments. It is only necessary remains only to
observe in what proportion a particular
punishment possesses these different qualities.

If a conclusion is drawn from one
of these qualities alone it may be subject to
error, attention ought to be paid not to one
quality alone but to the whole together.

There is no one lot of punishment
which unites all these desirable qualities, but
according to the nature of the offences, the
one set of qualities are more important than
another.

For great crimes, it is desirable that
punishments should be exemplary & analogous. For
lesser crimes, the punishments should be inflicted with
a greater attention to their frugality & their tendency to
moral reformation. As to crimes against property – those
punishments which are convertible to profit are to be
preferred, since they may be rendered subservient
to compensation for the party injured.

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