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would wish to be understood from the climax in which | would wish to be understood from the climax in which | ||
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they stand here arranged is , that the mean quantity | |||
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of mischief produced by <del>an offence</del> <add>offences of the class</add> that stands <del>below</del> <add>above</add> | |||
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is <del>less</del> <add>greater</add> than the mean quantity produced by these | |||
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of a class above . | |||
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<p><del>May <gap/> &c. why distinguished by different titles .</del> | |||
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<p>It is for this reason that it seems of use to characterize | |||
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these different classes by so many different | |||
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names . The mischiefs produced by them: being unequal , | |||
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<del>unequal means</del> punishments of different | |||
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degrees of magnitude seem requisite to prevent <add>oppose to</add> them . | |||
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Not that the distinctions between all these <add>several</add> classes are | |||
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of equal consequence : the grand line of distinction is | |||
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between such <add>whereof</add> the mischief is in its nature <add>[of a] transient</add> temporary , | |||
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and such whereof the mischief is on <add>[of a]</add> its nature | |||
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perpetual <add>permanent [nature]</add> . <del>The perpetuity duration of these latter | |||
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is a <gap/></del> The degree of magnitude which these | |||
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latter <del><sic>acquird</sic></del> <add>derive</add> from the dimension of duration is such | |||
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as gives them a remarkable preponderance over the <add>remaining</add> | |||
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class rise higher than the less atrocious instances of one
of <add>the class</add> [that stands [next] above it. There are pains of the unpleasant acute
kind , that may exceed some pains of the acute kind.
There are pains cares where the whole mass of organical
pain resulting pains of the acute kind [taking
into the account the whole mass organical pain
resulting from one act] may exceed those resulting
from slight disfigurements : and so on with respect
to disablement and mutilation . All that ought to I
would wish to be understood from the climax in which
they stand here arranged is , that the mean quantity
of mischief produced by an offence offences of the class that stands below above
is less greater than the mean quantity produced by these
of a class above .
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May &c. why distinguished by different titles .
It is for this reason that it seems of use to characterize
these different classes by so many different
names . The mischiefs produced by them: being unequal ,
unequal means punishments of different
degrees of magnitude seem requisite to prevent oppose to them .
Not that the distinctions between all these several classes are
of equal consequence : the grand line of distinction is
between such whereof the mischief is in its nature [of a] transient temporary ,
and such whereof the mischief is on [of a] its nature
perpetual permanent [nature] . The perpetuity duration of these latter
is a The degree of magnitude which these
latter acquird derive from the dimension of duration is such
as gives them a remarkable preponderance over the remaining
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penal code |
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personal injuries - aggrav. |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] pro patria [with motif]]] |
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