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5 Sept. 1814

Deontology Ch. Principle

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Answer — In so far as a man is said to act habitually
upon principle — to be a man of principle, he is considered
as pursuing the course pointed out by the corresponding
rule or system of action notwithstanding all solicitations
to the contrary. But these solicitations these temptations
to the contrary — what are they? They are the solicitations
practised the temptations administered by the prospect
of eventually approaching pain or eventually approaching pleasure
These Such solicitations a man can not have resisted in proportion as a man has proved shewn himself, but
able to resist withstand, he has proved himself able to forego
pleasure or exemption, though no point respect of proximity
and extremity the more considerable for the avoidance
of these than equivalent though less nearly situated
and perhaps commonly were it only on that account less certain pain or loss of pleasure.

This system — the object of that adherence for the
its nantry of which the agent is said to act upon principle,
to shew himself a man of principle, if it be not
in all points conformable to the principle of utility — it
what scarce ever does or can happen is, that
it shall not include in it some rules of the rules which are
framed under and operate in conformity to that all
benefiting principle, and it is only in so far as in
the system to which adherence to which is thus maintained
upon principle by the adherence to which the prevalence
of principle is demonstrated, that the may approbation
is bestowed upon the character in question becomes is regarded an object or subject of approbation, as above.

Identifier: | JB/014/182/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1815-09-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	182	Info in main headings field	deontology
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1813
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1813
Notes public		ID Number	4945
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