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<head>Objections Bicetre Proposal</head> | |||
<p>proportion as he fulfills his duty — Which then <lb/>had you rather see done? — good by interested motives, <lb/> or mischief <add>or at any rate a less degree of good</add> by disinterested ones? If in his endeavours <lb/>to benefit others <add>so many thousands</add> a single individual should <lb/>hurt himself the misfortune would not <add>indeed</add> be great: <lb/> — but if instead of hurting he were to benefit himself, <lb/>would that too be a misfortune? If the <lb/>idea of a single individual benefiting himself is <lb/>so intolerable an one to you what is it you are <lb/>arriving at? can the idea of so many thousands <lb/>thriving so much more essential <del>motives</del> <add>benefit</add> be an acceptable <lb/>one? You who urge the use made of <lb/>this motive as an objection, what <del><gap/></del> motive is <lb/>it that makes it appear such in your eyes? Is <lb/>it public 'spirit?' Is it not envy? Public spirit <lb/>is it, or envy? — the pleasure you take at the idea <lb/>of the prosperity of the management <add>establishment</add>, or the <add>plea</add> <lb/>pain you feel at the thoughts <del>t</del> of the prosperity <lb/>of the manager of him who would have the conduct <lb/>of it. </p> | |||
<p>What if the <del>thru</del> persons whose rigid principles <lb/>will give admittance no other motive than <lb/>that of the most disinterested virtue should be the <lb/>same who are the loudest in their complaints of <lb/>the extreme scarcity of it? <add>that quality?</add> Such an inconsistency <lb/> <add>however</add> | |||
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Objections Bicetre Proposal
proportion as he fulfills his duty — Which then
had you rather see done? — good by interested motives,
or mischief or at any rate a less degree of good by disinterested ones? If in his endeavours
to benefit others so many thousands a single individual should
hurt himself the misfortune would not indeed be great:
— but if instead of hurting he were to benefit himself,
would that too be a misfortune? If the
idea of a single individual benefiting himself is
so intolerable an one to you what is it you are
arriving at? can the idea of so many thousands
thriving so much more essential motives benefit be an acceptable
one? You who urge the use made of
this motive as an objection, what motive is
it that makes it appear such in your eyes? Is
it public 'spirit?' Is it not envy? Public spirit
is it, or envy? — the pleasure you take at the idea
of the prosperity of the management establishment, or the plea
pain you feel at the thoughts t of the prosperity
of the manager of him who would have the conduct
of it.
What if the thru persons whose rigid principles
will give admittance no other motive than
that of the most disinterested virtue should be the
same who are the loudest in their complaints of
the extreme scarcity of it? that quality? Such an inconsistency
however
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bicetre proposal |
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f9 / f10 / f11 / f12 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]] |
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