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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.
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jeremy bentham |
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caroline vernon |
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