JB/014/399/001

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1829 June 10 A

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History.

1.
Greatest happiness principle
by JB put to use as a
Direction post
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Direction post

History of the principle of utility of as originaly stated
the principle of utility now at last the greatest happiness principle

The character in which for so many years past
Mr Bentham has been putting this principle to use is that of
an instrument of direction — in or say in more familiar language a direction post
pointing out the path most proper to be pursued, on every occasion,
in the walks of life, public as well as private in public as well as private life: one
oracle to whi to be pursued by every individual whether acting
in his private and individual capacity, or in his for his as a member of the
own benefit alone whole community, or in his public capacity acting for
the benefit of others in the character of a as a member of the governing
part of the community, in the exercise of the powers belonging
to him in that same character. It is the oracle to which
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It is the oracle to applicants
for instruction
on every occasion he applies for instruction: and the several
arrangements which in in relation to the several parts of the field of thought and
action it suggests, together with the reasons from which these
same proposed arrangements derive their explanation and support
may be considered as constitute its responses

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As such it serves 1 as end
in view 2 as a means
of attaining that end
3 as a motive inducing
men to act in ways conducive
to that end

To this purpose it makes service to him in three
distinguishable capacities — 1. as end in view 2. as a storehouse of means
of employable for the attainment of that end. 3: as a storehouse furnishing
motives by the force of which, on the several occasions men may be induced to act
in ways conducive to that end.

4.
For making application
of it another instrument
a list of pains & pleasures
was found necessary

To the making application of it to these several uses
or purposes another instrument was found indispensably necessary,
namely a list of the several pleasures and pains of which
mans nature is susceptible. In the several pleasures
and in exemption from the several pains he saw the elements of
which happiness is composed, and of which in number and
value taken together it was to be a constant object of his endeavours
to show how the greatest quantity possible may be made to have place
in the those several pleasures and exemptions from pain acting operating in the character
of motives he saw so many means adapted to the purpose of attaining or say accomplishing those same ends.

Identifier: | JB/014/399/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 14.
Date_1	1829-06-10	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-4
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	399	Info in main headings field	article
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	george bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5162
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