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<p>1823 Aug. <unclear>12</unclear> 2</p> | |||
<head>Deontology — Private</head> <note>Beginning</note> | |||
<p>2</p> | |||
<p>By <add>Private</add> Deontology private <add>considered as an art</add> understand the art of<lb/> | |||
maximizing the <unclear>nett</unclear> amount of happiness in that<lb/> | |||
part of the field of thought & action which is left<lb/> | |||
free by the power of law <del>of</del> & government. To the words <hi rend="underline">proper</hi><lb/> | |||
and <hi rend="underline">propriety</hi> by this definition the only <unclear>sense</unclear> which is either intelligible or useful is assigned.</p> | |||
<p>Considered as a science, it is the science by<lb/> | |||
which a man <hi rend="underline">knows</hi> how to exercise <add>to advantage</add> the art above<lb/> | |||
defined.</p> | |||
<p>On some occasions the happiness a man is able<lb/> | |||
to procure for himself may be procured independently<lb/> | |||
of any relation he bears to others. On <add>To</add> these occasions<lb/> | |||
corresponds that branch of the art & science which may<lb/> | |||
be designated by the appellation of <hi rend="underline">"purely self-regarding<lb/> | |||
"prudence"</hi>. On the other occasions a man's condition in respect<lb/> | |||
of happiness is influenced by <del>influenced by</del> some<lb/> | |||
relation that has place between himself & others: to these occasions<lb/> | |||
corresponds a branch of the art which may be designated<lb/> | |||
by the appellation of <hi rend="underline">extra regarding prudence</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>On these occasions a man's condition in respect<lb/> | |||
of happiness is regarded by him either as influenced or as not<lb/> | |||
influenced by the condition of others in respect of happiness.<lb/> | |||
In so far as a man's condition in respect of happiness is<lb/> | |||
regarded by him as being improved by the condition of others<lb/> | |||
in respect of happiness, it is regarded by him as being improved<lb/> | |||
by & in proportion to their happiness or by & in proportion to<lb/> | |||
their happiness. In the first case the branch of the art in<lb/> | |||
question may be designated by the appellation of <hi rend="underline">effective benevolence</hi>: in<lb/> | |||
<note>In the other case<lb/> | |||
by that of <hi rend="underline">effective<lb/> | |||
malevolence</hi>.</note></p> | |||
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1823 Aug. 12 2
Deontology — Private Beginning
2
By Private Deontology private considered as an art understand the art of
maximizing the nett amount of happiness in that
part of the field of thought & action which is left
free by the power of law of & government. To the words proper
and propriety by this definition the only sense which is either intelligible or useful is assigned.
Considered as a science, it is the science by
which a man knows how to exercise to advantage the art above
defined.
On some occasions the happiness a man is able
to procure for himself may be procured independently
of any relation he bears to others. On To these occasions
corresponds that branch of the art & science which may
be designated by the appellation of "purely self-regarding
"prudence". On the other occasions a man's condition in respect
of happiness is influenced by influenced by some
relation that has place between himself & others: to these occasions
corresponds a branch of the art which may be designated
by the appellation of extra regarding prudence.
On these occasions a man's condition in respect
of happiness is regarded by him either as influenced or as not
influenced by the condition of others in respect of happiness.
In so far as a man's condition in respect of happiness is
regarded by him as being improved by the condition of others
in respect of happiness, it is regarded by him as being improved
by & in proportion to their happiness or by & in proportion to
their happiness. In the first case the branch of the art in
question may be designated by the appellation of effective benevolence: in
In the other case
by that of effective
malevolence.
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