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it is very I imagine very true: and it
is equally true with respect to every other kind
of punishment. It is very true that a man men
in general does not like to suffer the punishment of be punished with death, and
if it depended upon their consent they had their chance, would not
be punished in that manner. It is equally true
that men in general do not like to be punished
at all, and if it depended on their consent
would not be punished in any other whate manner
whatever

If the meaning be that no man ever consented has ever given such
consent previously to the passing of a Law to that
effect it is neither universally true, nor if it
were could it be any thing to the purpose.

In England Great Britain for example it is not true. It
is Death for example to forge a Deed. Now
A Law to this effect was passed in the late last
reign in the usual way by King Lords
& Commons. Now of the Lords and Commons every man who
voted in favour of this Law every man gave consent to
their his suffering this punishment of death in
case of his committing such a Forgery.

But if it were true, ? what would it prove?
just nothing, unless upon the supposition that
every government that ever subsisted subsists or by possibility
ever can subsist will have been unlawful. It is
not lawful, says the argument, to put inflict the
punishment

Identifier: | JB/159/138/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	138	Info in main headings field	popularity
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53961
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