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Bk 3. Ch 2.
The power exercised by the moral sanction
varies according to the degree of civilization.
In civilized society there are many sources
of enjoyment, and consequently many wants – from which can
stand in need of be supplied only from considerations of reciprocal esteem; he who loses
his reputation is consequently exposed to extended suffering
in all these points.
The exercise of this sanction is also
favoured or restrained by different circumstances.
Under a popular Government it is carried to the
highest degree, under a despotic Government it
is reduced almost to nothing.
Easy communications and the ready
circulation of intelligence by means of newspapers
augments the extent of this tribunal and increases
the submission of individuals to the empire of
opinion.
The greater more unanimous the
decisions of the moral sanction the greater
its their force. Is it as it were divided Are its decisions different among
a great number of different sects or parties
whether religious or political they will contradict
each other. Virtue and vice will not use the
same common measure – These are Sanction Places of Refuge
will be found for those who have disgraced themselves
and the Desseter Deserter from one sect or party will
be enrolled in another. With Its
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