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<head>1822. July 18</head> | |||
<head>Constitut. Code</head> | |||
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<p>Evils of factitious honor <lb/> arbitrarily conferred<lb/> as usual.<lb/> In a general character <lb/> of specific service to<lb/> community, it affords<lb/> either no indication or<lb/> no proof.</p> | |||
<p>2.</p> | |||
<p>1. Evils. Burthen to the <lb/> unhonored at large<lb/> To those the by<lb/> any single creature of<lb/> factitious honor is in<lb/> sensible: not so the aggregate.</p> | |||
<p>3.</p> | |||
<p>2. Evil 2. Burthen to<lb/> the antecedently honored.<lb/> By each new sharer,<lb/> the value of the <lb/>existing shares is diminished.<lb/> Duchess of Northumberland,<lb/> her years<lb/> of spitting on a Peer.</p> | |||
<p>4.</p> | |||
<p>3. Evil 3. Burthen to meritorious<lb/> unhonored.<lb/> Hence discouragement<lb/> to meritorious service:<lb/> encouragement to the<lb/> sinister d<hi rend="superscript">o</hi>. if any by<lb/> which the honor was<lb/> procured.</p> | |||
<p>5.</p> | |||
<p>By <sic>encrease</sic> of honor<lb/> by natural honor by<lb/> publication, no sense<lb/> of injury is produced<lb/> uneasiness to the un<lb/> honored or less honored<lb/> is an unmeasurable<lb/> evil, and outweighted<lb/> by the extra service<lb/> naturally produced by<lb/> the competition.</p> | |||
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<p>6.</p> | |||
<p>4. Evil 4. Evil by contribution<lb/> to corruption<lb/> fund.<lb/> The other elements of the <lb/> corruption fund, power<lb/> and money, can not be<lb/> kept out of Ruler's hands: <lb/> without them, government<lb/> could not exist: to minimize <lb/>them is all that can<lb/> be done.</p> | |||
<p>7.</p> | |||
<p>5. Evil 5. Evil of demoralization<lb/> by sinister<lb/> independence: lessening<lb/> dependence on good<lb/> behaviour, by lessening<lb/> sensibility to the force<lb/> of the popular or moral<lb/>sanction.</p> | |||
<p>8.</p> | |||
<p>See above how by an<lb/> external instrument<lb/> of felicity, as such, this<lb/> effect is produced.<lb/> In possession if operates<lb/> as a bond of union<lb/> with co-possessors, by the <lb/> use of the sinister interest<lb/> in which they share<lb/> in expectation as an instrument<lb/> of corruption<lb/> of inducement, of temptation<lb/> to betray trust.</p> | |||
<p>9.</p> | |||
<p>6. Evil 6. By pretence for <lb/> depredation.<lb/> For support of factitious <lb/> dignity, money, if deficient<lb/> must be supplied:<lb/> i.e. at people's <sic>expence</sic><lb/> obtained by swindling,<lb/> honor carries depredation<lb/> in the belly of it<lb/></p> | |||
<note>Nobles and their relatives added to the three <gap/> classes.</note> | |||
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<p>10.</p> | |||
<p>Operative rationale.<lb/> 1. Factitious honor left<lb/> bare of opulence the natural<lb/> source of respect, <lb/> contempt will naturally<lb/> substitute itself: decomposition<lb/> effected, the false colour<lb/> varnishes. "Wearing<lb/>"this, the man being a poor<lb/> "creature, what is he good<lb/>"for."</p> | |||
<p>Discovered in the peer<lb/> man its worthlessness<lb/> may thus be recognized<lb/> in the act.</p> | |||
<p>11.</p> | |||
<p>7. Evil 7. Evil by sanction<lb/> given to the imposture — by<lb/> encouragement and establishment<lb/> given to delusion<lb/> on the part of the<lb/> party deluding — thence<lb/> moral debasement — habit<lb/> of employing deception.</p> | |||
<p>12.</p> | |||
<p>8. Evil 8. By propagation of <lb/> delusion on the part of the<lb/> deluded: viz. the community<lb/> at large thence in intellectual<lb/> debasement: habit<lb/> of being deceived.</p> | |||
<p>13.</p> | |||
<p>9. Evil 9. Evil by aggravation<lb/> of inequality.<lb/> Inequality in power is necessary<lb/> to existence of Government:<lb/> in opulence<lb/> unavoidable, and for security<lb/> for subsistence, necessary<lb/>d<hi rend="superscript">o</hi>. by factitious <lb/> honor is needless and<lb/> useless.</p> | |||
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<p>6*</p> | |||
<p>Ways in which factitious<lb/> honor produces evil in the<lb/> shape -<lb/> 1. General: - by producing<lb/> obsequiousness to Monarch<lb/> sinister will and d<hi rend="superscript">o</hi>. interest,<lb/> thence aid to sinister sacrifice:<lb/> it being clear that against<lb/> his will it can not <lb/> be obtained; and that the<lb/> chance of obtaining it by<lb/> him who is tempted by it<lb/> is as the degree of obsequiousness<lb/> and the felicity of the<lb/> course suggested: thence so<lb/> many persons thus tempted,<lb/> so many obsequious to the<lb/> sinister will, interest, and<lb/> sacrifice.</p> | |||
<p>6**</p> | |||
<p>2. Particular evil on this<lb/> or that occasion promoting<lb/> misconduct by overpowering<lb/> the punitory and restraining<lb/> force with which<lb/> public opinion tribunal<lb/> acts against it. As a reward<lb/> for the sinister and dishonorable<lb/> aid suppose the <lb/>honor conferred: the mark<lb/> of honor is seen by every body:<lb/> the dishonorable conduct<lb/> known to comparatively few: <lb/> by the factitious honor the<lb/> natural honor is covered<lb/> over and drowned: incalculable<lb/> the degree in which man<lb/> may thus be rendered shame-proof<lb/> and the number that may thus be led<lb/> into the like similar courts.</p> | |||
<p>14.</p> | |||
<p>10. Evil 10. Evil by addition<lb/> to aristocratical public<lb/> opinion tribinal's anti<lb/> social force.<lb/> Seen above the hostility <lb/> of this minority to the <lb/> interest of the majority.</p> | |||
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1822. July 18 Constitut. Code
1.
Evils of factitious honor
arbitrarily conferred
as usual.
In a general character
of specific service to
community, it affords
either no indication or
no proof.
2.
1. Evils. Burthen to the
unhonored at large
To those the by
any single creature of
factitious honor is in
sensible: not so the aggregate.
3.
2. Evil 2. Burthen to
the antecedently honored.
By each new sharer,
the value of the
existing shares is diminished.
Duchess of Northumberland,
her years
of spitting on a Peer.
4.
3. Evil 3. Burthen to meritorious
unhonored.
Hence discouragement
to meritorious service:
encouragement to the
sinister do. if any by
which the honor was
procured.
5.
By encrease of honor
by natural honor by
publication, no sense
of injury is produced
uneasiness to the un
honored or less honored
is an unmeasurable
evil, and outweighted
by the extra service
naturally produced by
the competition.
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6.
4. Evil 4. Evil by contribution
to corruption
fund.
The other elements of the
corruption fund, power
and money, can not be
kept out of Ruler's hands:
without them, government
could not exist: to minimize
them is all that can
be done.
7.
5. Evil 5. Evil of demoralization
by sinister
independence: lessening
dependence on good
behaviour, by lessening
sensibility to the force
of the popular or moral
sanction.
8.
See above how by an
external instrument
of felicity, as such, this
effect is produced.
In possession if operates
as a bond of union
with co-possessors, by the
use of the sinister interest
in which they share
in expectation as an instrument
of corruption
of inducement, of temptation
to betray trust.
9.
6. Evil 6. By pretence for
depredation.
For support of factitious
dignity, money, if deficient
must be supplied:
i.e. at people's expence
obtained by swindling,
honor carries depredation
in the belly of it
Nobles and their relatives added to the three classes.
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10.
Operative rationale.
1. Factitious honor left
bare of opulence the natural
source of respect,
contempt will naturally
substitute itself: decomposition
effected, the false colour
varnishes. "Wearing
"this, the man being a poor
"creature, what is he good
"for."
Discovered in the peer
man its worthlessness
may thus be recognized
in the act.
11.
7. Evil 7. Evil by sanction
given to the imposture — by
encouragement and establishment
given to delusion
on the part of the
party deluding — thence
moral debasement — habit
of employing deception.
12.
8. Evil 8. By propagation of
delusion on the part of the
deluded: viz. the community
at large thence in intellectual
debasement: habit
of being deceived.
13.
9. Evil 9. Evil by aggravation
of inequality.
Inequality in power is necessary
to existence of Government:
in opulence
unavoidable, and for security
for subsistence, necessary
do. by factitious
honor is needless and
useless.
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6*
Ways in which factitious
honor produces evil in the
shape -
1. General: - by producing
obsequiousness to Monarch
sinister will and do. interest,
thence aid to sinister sacrifice:
it being clear that against
his will it can not
be obtained; and that the
chance of obtaining it by
him who is tempted by it
is as the degree of obsequiousness
and the felicity of the
course suggested: thence so
many persons thus tempted,
so many obsequious to the
sinister will, interest, and
sacrifice.
6**
2. Particular evil on this
or that occasion promoting
misconduct by overpowering
the punitory and restraining
force with which
public opinion tribunal
acts against it. As a reward
for the sinister and dishonorable
aid suppose the
honor conferred: the mark
of honor is seen by every body:
the dishonorable conduct
known to comparatively few:
by the factitious honor the
natural honor is covered
over and drowned: incalculable
the degree in which man
may thus be rendered shame-proof
and the number that may thus be led
into the like similar courts.
14.
10. Evil 10. Evil by addition
to aristocratical public
opinion tribinal's anti
social force.
Seen above the hostility
of this minority to the
interest of the majority.
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