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1829. June. Article on Utilitarianism.

N.B. The pages referred to
are the pages of the original copy.

42. - p.20.

To a sense of connection
between new signs &
new things signified,
or utility of D0. especially
ideas none so active as
J.B. This no secret to
"thrones, & hence in
their opposition to him
they are as industrious
as in causing base
coin to be distrusted.

G45.

43. - p.21.

Virtue, vice, justice, injuste.
intelligible only when referred
to one of these
three principles, 1. gt.
happiness. 2. asceticism
3. ipsedixitism. Explanation
of these three
principles already given.
Ipsedixitism pursued
by disciples of Pythagoras.

H1.

44. - p.21.

J.B. wd. now substitute
in his Introdn. the principle
of ipseditism for that
of sympathy & antipathy:
it may be said to have
two branches, one applying
to civil the other to
penal law : to the
remanatory branch
only does it apply.

H1.

45. - p.22.

Virtue & Vice, one conduces
to happiness the other to
unhappiness : adjunct
to virtue self-denial
i.e. sacrifice of present
good to supposed future
gd. Such sacrifice
scarcely ever
made: ex. pleasures
of sense in general.

H2

46. - p.22.

But if a man has his
desires so under control
that the sacrifice
causes no uneasiness,
will you say his virtue
is on a lower
level in his mental
frame because this
is no self-denial?

H2

47. - p.23.

No room to speak of
distinction between
effective benevolence
& self-regarding prudence.
J.B.'s Private
Deontology - what.

H43

48. p.24

In opposition to happiness
principle is
justice a subordinate
of ipsedixit principle.
Assumptions 1. that
justice is the proper
standard 2 that so
& so is one of its dictates.

I1.

49. - p.24

An exemplification of
rebellion against the Sovereignty
of this principle
in Godwon's Politl. Juste.
A use in shewing the relation
of the import whh.
justice bears to gt. haps.
principle.

I1.

50. p.25.

In employing word justice
2 assumptions, 1. that it is
the general rule of forceaction
laid down by competent
authority, 2. that
whatever is meant by rectitude
& propriety, this rule
is a proper one : take any
maxim of justice & apply
it so that justice will be done.
It will be found that a dictate
of happss. prince. is the same
thing as gd. of justice.

I2.

51. - p.25.

To have a clear idea of it
justice must be divided into
civil & penal.

I2.

52. - p.25.

All-important principle in
civil justice according to
J.B. is the non-disappointmt.
principle - See Review of Humphreys.

I2.

53. - p.26.

In the penal branch a different
aspect - Object minimizatn.
of wrongs. Remedies
classed 4 heads by J.B. preventive
suppressive, satisfactive
& punitive.

I3.

54. - p.27.

Greatt. happiness-of gre<hi rend="superscript">tt. no</hi>
Error in this appendage
found out some years ago:
apparent clearness & correctness,
really the reverse.

K1.

55. - p.28

Suppose 4001 equally happy,
give to 2001 the shares of the
remaining 2000.

K1

56. - p.28.

Instd. of the happiness taken
from the 2000 give unhappiness
as much as they
can receive. To the aggregate
of happiness of the 4001 will
the result be net profit?
Loss because receptacle capable
of receiving more
unhappiness than happs.

K2.

57. p.28.

The 4001 being equal in all respects
make the 2000 slaves & divide
them among the 2001 - will
the happiness of the whole be increased?

K2.

58. p.28.

Were it so, see the practical
results. In England
make the Catholics slaves
& divide them among
the Protestants : in Ireland
divide the Protestts. .

K2.

59. p.29.

Chrestomathia in 1769.
Happiness taken as a common
trunk for all the
branches of art & science.
The trees of Bacon & D'Alembert
torn up by roots by J.B.

L1.

60. p.30

Dumont. Kindness
of French press to J.B.
greater honor conferred
on him in France than
here.

L2.

61. - p.30.

Portrait by Pickersgill -
Bust by David.

L2.

62. p.30.

The gratitude of his
country waits till the
day when his happiness
cannot be increased
by it.

L2.

63. p.30.

J.B. never punished or
prosecuted.

L2.

64. p.31.

This being the only principle
conducive to
grt. happiness any
proposition exhibiting
any other ultimate end
is self-contradictory.

M1.

65. p.31.

If this principle be the
only guide to conduct
public & private, any
other msst be improper.

M1.

66. p.31.

A principle not subordinate
to this may
be opposed to it in
two way diametrically
or collaterally.
Qui non sub me contra
me.

M1.

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Date_1	1829-06	Marginal Summary Numbering	42-77
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