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Popularity.
Ins: Humanity

"The Laws of Japan," says the same Author# # p.15. oblige the
"person accused to give an answer to the accusation; He might have added, so do the Laws of England in a thousand instances. So do, so must the Laws of every other nation.
"if his answer be false, he is punished by death. He might added so do is he in several instances by the Laws of England.
This he observes is a violation of the first principle
of self preservation. This is a reason such as it is such as it is concluded, we see, as usual against making any Laws at all particularly against for not
making punishing
Perjury.

The inconvenience in such of the above Laws as
are inconvenient consists in the applying the force
of the Political Sanction in [such] a direction in
which it has that of the Moral to oppose it.

This is beginning at the wrong end. To know whether
the precepts in question
it is necessary to know whether the observance and enforcement
of them tends to the happiness of mankind

So far as
from [being a compleat standard of right & wrong]
superseding the dictates of utility, that

For as to the mere working of signs and corridors, it is
thence declared to be no more than could be done
by Devils. Signs and such as was founded upon corridors are now no longer
wrought either by God or Devil. Is that the credibility
of
depends upon the consistency of the history & the credit of the relators.


Identifier: | JB/159/141/004
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

159

Main Headings

punishment

Folio number

141

Info in main headings field

popularity

Image

004

Titles

humanity / note / popularity / religion

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f21 / f22 / f23 / f24

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

caroline vernon

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

53964

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