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<head>Of Theft</head> Reasons<lb/> | <head>Of Theft</head> Reasons<lb/> | ||
but you do not want to see him suffer much.<lb/> Is it a thousand | but you do not want to see him suffer much.<lb/> Is it a thousand pound you have lost: your distress<lb/> is violent: your indignation against the thief<lb/> is <hi rend='superscript'>in</hi> proportion: you think no punishment can be<lb/> too great for him. The affection of the poeple then <note>To p. 24 para 2</note><lb/> | ||
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From p. 24<lb/> | From p. 24<lb/> | ||
2. In order that the chance which the whole punishment<lb/>taken together has of being efficaceous may<lb/> be the greater, the greater the offence + <note>+ See Introd. the [Proposition Jc] Rule 2</note> Let <del>Let us suppose that</del>. Take any<lb/> man for example , and | 2. In order that the chance which the whole punishment<lb/>taken together has of being efficaceous may<lb/> be the greater, the greater the offence + <note>+ See Introd. the [Proposition Jc] Rule 2</note> Let <del>Let us suppose that</del>. Take any<lb/> man for example , and suppose that<lb/> there is a certain quantity of punishment which<lb/> he would not subject himself to any the least chance<lb/> of for the sake of anything that was to be<lb/> got by theft. A punishment equal to that quantity<lb/> makes such an imposition on him as<lb/> is sure to be efficaceous: a punishment short<lb/> of that quantity is turned aside as it<lb/> <unclear>even</unclear> by the imagination and makes no impression<lb/> at all. How then an opportunity <del>of stealing</del> a <lb/> <del>thing</del> presents itself of stealing a thing of a <lb/> certain value; suppose <hi rend='superscript'>a purse containing £10.</hi> <del><gap/></del> If this then<lb/> punishment for stealing to the amount of £10<lb/> happens <hi rend='superscript'>not</hi> to <hi rend='superscript'>rise to as high as</hi> <del><gap/> <gap/> upon <gap/> level with</del> that<lb/> line of non-resistance above spoken of, it will<lb/> signify nothing: he will take the purse: and when<lb/> he is about it, as he takes a part he may as<lb/> well take the whole. But if the punishment happens | ||
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C
Of Theft Reasons
but you do not want to see him suffer much.
Is it a thousand pound you have lost: your distress
is violent: your indignation against the thief
is in proportion: you think no punishment can be
too great for him. The affection of the poeple then To p. 24 para 2
2
From p. 24
2. In order that the chance which the whole punishment
taken together has of being efficaceous may
be the greater, the greater the offence + + See Introd. the [Proposition Jc] Rule 2 Let Let us suppose that. Take any
man for example , and suppose that
there is a certain quantity of punishment which
he would not subject himself to any the least chance
of for the sake of anything that was to be
got by theft. A punishment equal to that quantity
makes such an imposition on him as
is sure to be efficaceous: a punishment short
of that quantity is turned aside as it
even by the imagination and makes no impression
at all. How then an opportunity of stealing a
thing presents itself of stealing a thing of a
certain value; suppose a purse containing £10. If this then
punishment for stealing to the amount of £10
happens not to rise to as high as upon level with that
line of non-resistance above spoken of, it will
signify nothing: he will take the purse: and when
he is about it, as he takes a part he may as
well take the whole. But if the punishment happens
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