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Of the Punishments belonging to the Moral Sanction.

reason than their extreme variety. The way in which a man suffers
who is punished by the moral sanction is by losing a part
of that share which he would otherwise possess of the esteem or
love of such members of the community as the several incidents
of his life may lead him to have to do with: Now it is either
from the esteem they entertain for him, or the love they bear
him or both, that their goodwill toward him in a great measure
depends: as moreover the way in which this goodwill displays itself is

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Note
(a)
I say in a great measure; for mere sympathy with a man considered
as a being endued with sensibility and more particularly as
a fellow creature, will, whatever be his ill deserts be sufficient to ensure to
a man in the breasts of most men some small share at least of their
goodwill. This share as far as it is out of the reach of being increased
or lessened by his good or ill conduct being a quantity always the same
may be all along laid out of the accounts.

As to the distinction there may be between love and esteem
there is no need of entering into it upon the present occasion:
since those affections unite and become undistinguishable in their external
effects which are all we are concerned with.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	095	Info in main headings field	of the punishments belonging to the moral sanction
Image	002	Titles	chapter ii of the punishments belonging to the moral sanction / note
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