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Punishment in alienam perforiam

Now whether a man has as mans natural interest a natural interest Natural interest forms
a Separate objection.
or no in the fate of a questioncontext, is in general pretty
easy to be known: it is a question of itself; and if
determined in the affirmative the tendency of this Law
is to reject a man as a witness upon that distinct
ground, and without regard to his probity or improbity.

The question is here concerning an artificial interest
the existence or non-existencehaving or not having, which of what does The question here
concerning a fictitious
interest.
not so readily lie within proof; but the lights that
are to be had are to be drawn from such circumtances
as may appear to affect the description of a man's
general character. Thus much only is certain that
in proportion as a man is more or less confirmed
in virtue, the less or the more likely is any artificial
motive which may be presented to him to
prepondertate over the motivesinterest he has to speak
truth, and to be effective so as to determine him to
speak falshood.

It is here proper to consider be aware of andbe be upon ones guard The relative force of
interest in the different
persons is
infinitely various.
to guard against a vulgar error. Men of narrow
experience, of hasty judgement, and of small reflection)
in a word the bulk of mankind are in have in a
manner but two classes [of meritin which] to stow a man
in, in respect of merit, they know but of two
characters, the good man and the bad man. If
then they happen to [take a fancy to a mans conduct char
in any instance] to view a man's conduct
in any instancein any man in a favourable lightpoint of view, up he goes
among the good men: if in an unfavourable down he

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Identifier: | JB/141/145/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	145	Info in main headings field	punishment in alienam personam
Image	001	Titles	incompetency
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f53 / f54
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	l v g
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48362
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