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The greatest happiness principle is not <del>the object of <unclear>open</unclear> attack</del> <add>only attacked</add><lb/> | |||
<del>from</del> <add>by</add> principles <add>openly & professedly</add> opposed <del><gap/></del> to it, — it has had to suffer from<lb/> | |||
covert & influential usurpers of its name & authority. And<lb/> | |||
from such sources it has perhaps been most injured. Reference has<lb/> | |||
been made & homage paid to it by principles which have claimed<lb/> | |||
alliance with it — while they have in fact been only subordinate to<lb/> | |||
ipse dixitism. This has been too often the position of the<lb/> | |||
preachers of Justice — men who under the cloak & covering<lb/> | |||
of an attractive title have generally strung together their<lb/> | |||
directions, — precepts, mandates - call them what you will - saying<lb/> | |||
to every body who will listen — Do so & so — for this is what is<lb/> | |||
required by justice. Two assumptions are here — & both<lb/> | |||
are representatives of the ipse-dixit <del>theory</del> system — first that<lb/> | |||
Justice is the proper & sufficient | |||
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35
The greatest happiness principle is not the object of open attack only attacked
from by principles openly & professedly opposed to it, — it has had to suffer from
covert & influential usurpers of its name & authority. And
from such sources it has perhaps been most injured. Reference has
been made & homage paid to it by principles which have claimed
alliance with it — while they have in fact been only subordinate to
ipse dixitism. This has been too often the position of the
preachers of Justice — men who under the cloak & covering
of an attractive title have generally strung together their
directions, — precepts, mandates - call them what you will - saying
to every body who will listen — Do so & so — for this is what is
required by justice. Two assumptions are here — & both
are representatives of the ipse-dixit theory system — first that
Justice is the proper & sufficient
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