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<p>Were the Duty once recognized for what he<lb/> | |||
is: just, according to our notions of<lb/> | |||
justice: benevolent, according to our notions of<lb/> | |||
benevolence, <note>as well as powerful according to our notions of power</note> the <add>whole</add> affair of Religion would be<lb/> | |||
plain and easy <add>short and easy</add> — The current systems<lb/></p> | |||
<p><note>The current System</note> There would be no such thing as what are commonly<lb/> | |||
called Religious duties. The <add>Our</add> duties<lb/> | |||
of Theology would vanish into smoke<lb/> | |||
to God would no longer be opposed to our<lb/> | |||
duties to our neighbour. The former would<lb/> | |||
be no longer supposed to consist in a<lb/> | |||
different set of acts, in a different act<lb/> | |||
of sentiments: but as the same set of<lb/> | |||
acts and sentiments as the latter, under a<lb/> | |||
different point of view: a point of view<lb/> | |||
if not false, yet useless.</p> | |||
<p>One might say were pernicious: since<lb/> | |||
it leads men to reduce, or to increase the catalogue:<lb/> | |||
which can not be reduced without a domination<lb/> | |||
of happiness, that is without mischief to<lb/> | |||
others; nor increased without mischief to <del>himself</del> <add>one</add><lb/> | |||
man's self.</p> | |||
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Were the Duty once recognized for what he
is: just, according to our notions of
justice: benevolent, according to our notions of
benevolence, as well as powerful according to our notions of power the whole affair of Religion would be
plain and easy short and easy — The current systems
The current System There would be no such thing as what are commonly
called Religious duties. The Our duties
of Theology would vanish into smoke
to God would no longer be opposed to our
duties to our neighbour. The former would
be no longer supposed to consist in a
different set of acts, in a different act
of sentiments: but as the same set of
acts and sentiments as the latter, under a
different point of view: a point of view
if not false, yet useless.
One might say were pernicious: since
it leads men to reduce, or to increase the catalogue:
which can not be reduced without a domination
of happiness, that is without mischief to
others; nor increased without mischief to himself one
man's self.
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111 |
introd. law divine no separate rule of action |
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jeremy bentham |
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