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<p>There are <del><gap/></del><add><gap/></add>two ways in which <del>< | |||
<p>There are <del><gap/></del> <add><gap/></add> two ways in which <del>Happiness</del> <add>Pain</add><lb/> | |||
<add>or Pleasures</add> are produced. 1<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi> By causes in which<lb/> | |||
man's <add>action</add> has no concern, <del>these are</del> i:e:<add>+</add><hi rend="underline">natural</hi> <note>+(for so they are generally called)</note> <lb/> | |||
<add>or which is the same expression, <hi rend='underline'>physical</hi></add><lb/> | |||
causes: 2 By causes in which<lb/> | |||
man's <add>action</add> has <del>no</del> concern: i:e: moral causes.</p><pb/> | |||
<head>NOTE</head> | <head>NOTE</head> | ||
<p>I might mention indeed a | <p>[I <add>might</add> mention indeed a 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> <add><del>under</del></add> sort of causes<lb/> | ||
[Tis] the latter sort [which] is that of the two on which<lb/> Laws can | viz. supernatural - <del>but this</del> viz the interpositions<lb/> | ||
of the Deity performed [<unclear>immediately</unclear>] <add>god</add> by<lb/> | |||
means <del>neither</del> either of the man, or of the<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">things</hi> we see <add>These we shall pass over as they</add> <hi rend="underline">But</hi> as these] <add>These we shall pass over - they</add> are as much<lb/> | |||
above our knowledge as they are above the<lb/> | |||
notion of the two other sorts of causes that<lb/> | |||
are familiar to us [, we shall pass them over.]</p> | |||
<p>[Tis] the latter sort [which] is that <add>of the two</add> on which<lb/> | |||
Laws can possess an influence: for it is <del>on</del> <add>to</add><lb/> | |||
man only that man's Laws can be addressed.</p> | |||
<p>If Happiness be <add>in man</add> the scope <add>end</add> of every <del>scope</del> <add>thought</add><lb/> | |||
and action, it is by the ideas of pain <del>&</del><add>or</add> pleasure<lb/> | |||
only that action can be <add>prevented or</add> produced; that<lb/> | |||
<add><del>The idea</del></add> man can be moved <add>be induced</add> to action; that he can<lb/> | |||
be <hi rend='underline'>interested</hi>. be <hi rend='underline'>concerned</hi> in actions: The idea<lb/><pb/> | |||
therefore of Pain or Pleasure <sic>consider'd</sic> as<lb/> | |||
about to follow upon a mode of action or<lb/> | |||
probearance is called indifferently a <hi rend='underline'>Motive</hi> <lb/> | |||
an <hi rend='underline'>Interest</hi><add>[+]</add>, and <hi rend='underline'>Inducement</hi>.<note>[+] a P<gap/>ment</note></p> | |||
<p>We are now [sufficiently] prepared to enter<lb/> | |||
upon a fresh <del>new</del> and interesting task - the <del>building</del><lb/> | |||
putting together the idea of a Law. <add>the building up as it were in our minds</add></p><lb/> | |||
<p>The task is by this time easy - The great<lb/> | |||
labour is performed and over - <del>the rubbish</del><lb/> | |||
A vast and incongruous pile which encumbered<lb/> | |||
the <del>site</del> site has been removed - For years<lb/> I lay struggling under the rubbish - A short<lb/> | |||
sketch shall be given of it hereafter for the<lb/> | |||
instruction of the reader: it will be more<lb/> | |||
instructive after that topics of observation<lb/> | |||
have been collected [& fixed] from a simpler<lb/> | |||
model.</p> | |||
<note>When after he has<lb/> | |||
collected such topics<lb/> | |||
of observation such<lb/> | |||
objects of comparison<lb/> | |||
as a simpler model<lb/> | |||
will more<lb/> | |||
easily suggest.</note><pb/> | |||
<head>1</head> | |||
<p>I am a Legislator - I have a state <del>committed</del><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> to govern. <add>What</add> I have to <add>do is to</add> produce <lb/> | |||
Happiness in it — I proceed <add>set [myself]</add> to work. <del>I</del><lb/> | |||
<note>My business is <lb/> | |||
to produce happiness <lb/> | |||
in it</note> <add>I look around me</add> I see <del>an</del> <add>a sort of</add> act <del><gap/></del> done which appears to me<lb/> | |||
to produce <del><gap/></del> unhappiness - How <del><gap/></del> <add>does this</add><lb/> <del>affected</del> <add>affect me</add> — I <hi rend='underline'>wish</hi>, <del><gap/></del> that it was not<lb/> | |||
done - I <hi rend='underline'>will</hi> that it <hi rend='underline'>be</hi> not done.<lb/> such a <hi rend='underline'>volition</hi> takes place within my<lb/> breast. <del>This is the first thing that</del> <add>The act is robbery: I will</add><lb/> | |||
<del><unclear>passes</unclear></del> <add>that Robbery</add> be not committed. This is<lb/> | |||
the 1st <del>thing that passess within my breast.</del> <add><del>act</del> scene in the drama. It lies</add><lb/> | |||
within my breast.</p> | |||
<p>2.<lb/> | |||
It lies within my Breast - I will that Robbery<lb/> | |||
be not done - Will <del>not</del> it the less be<lb/> | |||
done? not if <del>the matter</del> <add><del>issue</del></add> <add>what is done</add> rests here. <unclear>If</unclear><lb/> | |||
my will is to have any consequence, if <del>in</del><lb/> <del>consequence of this</del> <add>are to desist from the</add> act in consequence of<lb/> | |||
their understanding that my will is so, I<lb/> | |||
must enable them to understand it - I <add>reject</add><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/> it pass from my mind where</del> <add>it is lodged in my own breast: I must make it pass to</add><lb/> <del>as yet <gap/></del> to <unclear>their</unclear> - I must give</p> | |||
<head>INTROD. CH. . . Of Laws - What a Law is.</head><pb/> | |||
<p>it a vehicle <del>whose <gap/> to <unclear>perform</unclear> the journey</del> <add>to convey it thither</add><lb/> | |||
I must give it <hi rend='underline'>words</hi> - I must give it<lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>expressions</hi>. I must <hi rend='underline'>express</hi> it.</p><pb/> | |||
<p>What we have to do with at present, is the<lb/> | |||
<note>Our present concern<lb/> | |||
is with.</note>different sorts of Wills which it can happen<lb/> | |||
to the Legislator to form and to expression<lb/> | |||
The different <hi rend='underline'>manners</hi> in which <del>these wills</del> <add>any one such Will</add><lb/> | |||
may be intimated or expressed is a subject<lb/> | |||
that [will properly come under] <add>belongs to</add> the<lb/> | |||
<add>head</add> title of <hi rend='underline'>Composition</hi>: Tis [accordingly to the <add>to <del>that we must </del> re</add><lb/> | |||
book thus entitled] that we must refer it.</p><pb/> | |||
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There are two ways in which Happiness Pain
or Pleasures are produced. 1st By causes in which
man's action has no concern, these are i:e:+natural +(for so they are generally called)
or which is the same expression, physical
causes: 2 By causes in which
man's action has no concern: i:e: moral causes.
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NOTE
[I might mention indeed a 3d under sort of causes
viz. supernatural - but this viz the interpositions
of the Deity performed [immediately] god by
means neither either of the man, or of the
things we see These we shall pass over as they But as these] These we shall pass over - they are as much
above our knowledge as they are above the
notion of the two other sorts of causes that
are familiar to us [, we shall pass them over.]
[Tis] the latter sort [which] is that of the two on which
Laws can possess an influence: for it is on to
man only that man's Laws can be addressed.
If Happiness be in man the scope end of every scope thought
and action, it is by the ideas of pain &or pleasure
only that action can be prevented or produced; that
The idea man can be moved be induced to action; that he can
be interested. be concerned in actions: The idea
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therefore of Pain or Pleasure consider'd as
about to follow upon a mode of action or
probearance is called indifferently a Motive
an Interest[+], and Inducement.[+] a Pment
We are now [sufficiently] prepared to enter
upon a fresh new and interesting task - the building
putting together the idea of a Law. the building up as it were in our minds
The task is by this time easy - The great
labour is performed and over - the rubbish
A vast and incongruous pile which encumbered
the site site has been removed - For years
I lay struggling under the rubbish - A short
sketch shall be given of it hereafter for the
instruction of the reader: it will be more
instructive after that topics of observation
have been collected [& fixed] from a simpler
model.
When after he has
collected such topics
of observation such
objects of comparison
as a simpler model
will more
easily suggest.
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1
I am a Legislator - I have a state committed
to govern. What I have to do is to produce
Happiness in it — I proceed set [myself] to work. I
My business is
to produce happiness
in it I look around me I see an a sort of act done which appears to me
to produce unhappiness - How does this
affected affect me — I wish, that it was not
done - I will that it be not done.
such a volition takes place within my
breast. This is the first thing that The act is robbery: I will
passes that Robbery be not committed. This is
the 1st thing that passess within my breast. act scene in the drama. It lies
within my breast.
2.
It lies within my Breast - I will that Robbery
be not done - Will not it the less be
done? not if the matter issue what is done rests here. If
my will is to have any consequence, if in
consequence of this are to desist from the act in consequence of
their understanding that my will is so, I
must enable them to understand it - I reject
it pass from my mind where it is lodged in my own breast: I must make it pass to
as yet to their - I must give
INTROD. CH. . . Of Laws - What a Law is.
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it a vehicle whose to perform the journey to convey it thither
I must give it words - I must give it
expressions. I must express it.
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What we have to do with at present, is the
Our present concern
is with.different sorts of Wills which it can happen
to the Legislator to form and to expression
The different manners in which these wills any one such Will
may be intimated or expressed is a subject
that [will properly come under] belongs to the
head title of Composition: Tis [accordingly to the to that we must re
book thus entitled] that we must refer it.
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