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judgements & affections has been so salutary that to abandon it<lb/> | judgements & affections has been so salutary that to abandon it<lb/> | ||
would be no little <del>loss to</del> <add>retardation of</add> moral & political progress.<lb/></p> | would be no little <del>loss to</del> <add>retardation of</add> moral & political progress.<lb/></p> | ||
It may be <del>doubted</del> <add>asked</add> whether the objections apply to<lb/> | |||
the terms "<hi rend="underline">greatest</hi> happiness of the <hi rend="underline">greatest</hi> number" — Can<lb/> | |||
the happiness of a mere majority be the <hi rend="underline">greatest</hi> happiness? —<lb/> | |||
Can a mere majority be the <hi rend="underline">greatest</hi> number? — Compared<lb/> | |||
to what is <hi rend="underline">lesser</hi> they may be <hi rend="underline">greater</hi>, — | |||
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Dissatisfied as Mr. Bentham was with the term it may
still be doubted whether this is in reality any sufficient
ground for rejecting the phrase "greatest happiness of the
greatest number" — & The influence of the phrase upon man's
judgements & affections has been so salutary that to abandon it
would be no little loss to retardation of moral & political progress.
It may be doubted asked whether the objections apply to
the terms "greatest happiness of the greatest number" — Can
the happiness of a mere majority be the greatest happiness? —
Can a mere majority be the greatest number? — Compared
to what is lesser they may be greater, —
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