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<head>Of the Principle of Utility</head><note>Introd. Ch. 1</note><lb/><p> <del> to talk of the <add> interest </add> <del>good</del> of the community without understanding<lb/>what is the good <add> interest</add> of the individual. The good of the individual<pb/>is either the pleasure of the individual, or (what comes to<lb/> the same thing) the cause or instrument of such pleasure<lb/>or (what again comes to the same thing)the cause or instrument<lb/>by means of which he is enabled to avoid pain. [the <add> a</add><lb/>means of his avoiding pain.]</del></p> <p>Those who cry out against pleasure, as such, know not <note>Pleasure in no case to be reprobated</note><lb/>what it is they say. They swerve manifestly from the principle<lb/>of utility. Upon that principle the most sordid pleasure<lb/>which the vilest malefactor ever reaped from his crime<lb/>(suppose it but pleasure) would be to be reprobated,<lb/><hi rend="underline">if it stood alone.</hi> This impregnable truth has been recognised<lb/>by one of the severest <del><add> most severe </add> </del><del> of</del> moralists +<note><foreign>Maupertines Essay de Morale</foreign></note></p> | |||
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Of the Principle of UtilityIntrod. Ch. 1
to talk of the interest good of the community without understanding
what is the good interest of the individual. The good of the individual
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is either the pleasure of the individual, or (what comes to
the same thing) the cause or instrument of such pleasure
or (what again comes to the same thing)the cause or instrument
by means of which he is enabled to avoid pain. [the a
means of his avoiding pain.]
Those who cry out against pleasure, as such, know not Pleasure in no case to be reprobated
what it is they say. They swerve manifestly from the principle
of utility. Upon that principle the most sordid pleasure
which the vilest malefactor ever reaped from his crime
(suppose it but pleasure) would be to be reprobated,
if it stood alone. This impregnable truth has been recognised
by one of the severest most severe of moralists +Maupertines Essay de Morale
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jeremy bentham |
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