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<p><add>as</add> many <add>different</add> chances or proportions as numbers<lb/>can express: and so likewise between the chance<lb/>of one to one and the chance of one to infinity<lb/>or infinity to one on the other side. In like manner<lb/>may there be as many different degrees<lb/>between absolute persuasion on one side and<lb/>absolute doubt; and again between absolute doubt<lb/>and absolute persuasion on the other side.<lb/>The question is then which is the greater<lb/>mischief <add>or danger</add> of the two, taking the article of probability<lb/>into the account: the danger of a man's<lb/>being made to suffer though not guilty by<lb/>being made to betake himself <del>by</del> <add>to</add> this course of<lb/><sic>livelyhood</sic>: and the danger of <del>coercion</del> his betaking<lb/> himself to similar enormities [upon the supposition<lb/>that he was guilty] for want of such precaution.<lb/>This it is evident will depend in a<lb/>certain degree upon the <hi rend="underline">ratio</hi> of the apparent<lb/>chances in favour of the supposition of his<lb/>guilt to the chances against that supposition:<lb/>and that <hi rend="underline">ratio</hi> may be great enough to warrant<lb/>the subjecting him to the lesser evil that<lb/><add>may be</add> attendant on such <add>the </add> coercion <add>in question</add> without being great<lb/>enough to warrant the subjecting him to the greater<lb/><note>evil</note></p> | |||
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57
Indirect Legislation
Satisfying
as many different chances or proportions as numbers
can express: and so likewise between the chance
of one to one and the chance of one to infinity
or infinity to one on the other side. In like manner
may there be as many different degrees
between absolute persuasion on one side and
absolute doubt; and again between absolute doubt
and absolute persuasion on the other side.
The question is then which is the greater
mischief or danger of the two, taking the article of probability
into the account: the danger of a man's
being made to suffer though not guilty by
being made to betake himself by to this course of
livelyhood: and the danger of coercion his betaking
himself to similar enormities [upon the supposition
that he was guilty] for want of such precaution.
This it is evident will depend in a
certain degree upon the ratio of the apparent
chances in favour of the supposition of his
guilt to the chances against that supposition:
and that ratio may be great enough to warrant
the subjecting him to the lesser evil that
may be attendant on such the coercion in question without being great
enough to warrant the subjecting him to the greater
evil
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