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<p>of the Law: A position <add><del>than which</del> <add>the most</add> destructive of the peace of Society, & consequently<lb/> | |||
of all true morality, that I ever remember to have been.<lb/> | |||
<add><del>For</del></add> when you talk of human legislation <add>or government</add> in general you must always<lb/> | |||
<del>For if the end of all sound legislation,</del><lb/> | |||
<add>suppose that</add><lb/> | |||
it acts in the manner, & to the ends for which it is in <gap/><lb/> | |||
namely, the creation, or the increase, or the<lb/> | |||
<del>is, to augment social and individual</del><lb/> | |||
protection of social, or individual happiness: you must<lb/> | |||
suppose these positive laws directed or intended to this<lb/> | |||
<del>happiness</del>: <add>&</add> <del>if the essence of morality con</del><lb/> | |||
object: For if not, it would be as hard to feign a reason<lb/> | |||
why you should submit to the penalty, as why you should obey the precept. How the essence of morality consists in cooperating to this end; <del>then</del><lb/> | |||
<del>surely, the man who</del> <add>no moral man therefore can</add> suppose <del>that</del> the<lb/> | |||
obligation to obey the will of the legislature<lb/> | |||
acting to this end, to be less than the greatest<lb/> | |||
of all obligations. <add><del>Whosoever supposes it</del></add> <del>does as much as</del><lb/> | |||
in him lies, destroy the peace of society,<lb/> | |||
and therefore destroys all true morality.<lb/> | |||
[I will not do so much injustice<lb/> | |||
to our author's heart, as to suppose, that<lb/> | |||
he meant any thing like this. He has<lb/> | |||
<add>been</add><lb/> | |||
<add>Supposing</add></p> | |||
<note><del>suppose that the<lb/> | |||
legislator fulfils <del><add><gap/></add></del><lb/> | |||
<del>the manner and to<lb/> | |||
the ends for which<lb/> | |||
it ought to be instituted<del><lb/> | |||
<gap/><gap/><gap/></del></note> | |||
<note>Or, in more intelligible<lb/> | |||
terms, <del>no</del> a good<lb/> | |||
man must feel the<lb/> | |||
<del>man can conceive</del><lb/> | |||
strongest of all<lb/> | |||
motives, to obey the<lb/> | |||
will of the legislature—<lb/> | |||
Whoever<lb/> | |||
asserts the contrary<lb/> | |||
does as much as</note> | |||
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To be copied
of the Law: A position than which <add>the most destructive of the peace of Society, & consequently
of all true morality, that I ever remember to have been.
For when you talk of human legislation or government in general you must always
For if the end of all sound legislation,
suppose that
it acts in the manner, & to the ends for which it is in
namely, the creation, or the increase, or the
is, to augment social and individual
protection of social, or individual happiness: you must
suppose these positive laws directed or intended to this
happiness: & if the essence of morality con
object: For if not, it would be as hard to feign a reason
why you should submit to the penalty, as why you should obey the precept. How the essence of morality consists in cooperating to this end; then
surely, the man who no moral man therefore can suppose that the
obligation to obey the will of the legislature
acting to this end, to be less than the greatest
of all obligations. Whosoever supposes it does as much as
in him lies, destroy the peace of society,
and therefore destroys all true morality.
[I will not do so much injustice
to our author's heart, as to suppose, that
he meant any thing like this. He has
been
Supposing
suppose that the
legislator fulfils
the manner and to
the ends for which
it ought to be instituted
Or, in more intelligible
terms, no a good
man must feel the
man can conceive
strongest of all
motives, to obey the
will of the legislature—
Whoever
asserts the contrary
does as much as
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