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1830 April 21
PannomionRudiments

1. As to Opinion. Be the essence what it may, In proportion as the tendency of it is
pernicious or maleficent, the greatest happiness principle requires
that the spread of it be prevalent.

But the only proper cause to take for the prevention of
it is to shew in what way and to what moral it is maleficent. Of every operation the tendency of which is to produce the
effect the is beneficial.

But of every operation whereby punishment – productive
of human suffering is employed with endeavour to produce this same
effect, the effect is preponderantly not to say purely maleficent.

To express approval of the application of political power for the suppression
of any opinion under the notion of its being maleficent is to approve
of tyranny on the part of the government in question: in
other words to ap express approval and in so far to promote
the exercise of maleficence upon the largest scale –
upon an all-comprehensive scale. For

For the sort of opinions which the men in power will be most anxious
in his wishes and endeavours to stop the spread of, will
be all those of which in his view of them the tendency is to
set limits to the exercise of his power: to the evil on every occasion which he will
of course be disposed to do to others, rather than good – the enjoyment
in any shape or any degree should fail of being by himself.

Identifier: | JB/549/333/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 549.
Date_1	1830-04-21	Marginal Summary Numbering	10-14
Box	549	Main Headings
Folio number	333	Info in main headings field	Pannomion
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year
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