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<head>AESTIMATION. Mischief of the 2 Order greatest [BR][ ]</head><!-- whole line inverted --> | |||
<p>The <add>actual</add> direct mischief of most offences, after the <sic>Ballance</sic> is struck between the pain to the<lb/> | |||
sufferer and the pleasure to <del><add>if</add></del> the Malefactor is <add>often nothing & never very considerable.</add> <del>commonly but a</del> It is therefore<lb/> | |||
in the contingent <add>in Offences of the third class</add> & the actual reflex <del>mischief</del> <add>pain in <del>offences</del> than of the first,</add> that the <del>ill-<gap/></del> mischief of a Crime<lb/> | |||
principally resides. If in Theft, when the subject of that offence, happens to be among the<lb/> | |||
necessaries, <add>or most vulgar accommodations</add> of life, the pain of the loser behoves to <del>exceed</del> <add>surpass</add> <del>that</del> <add>the pleasure</add> of the acquirer, because<lb/> | |||
after having had a thing, then to lose it is worse than to have had it never; on the other<lb/> | |||
hand when the subject is among the less <sic>indispensible</sic> conveniences or or the elegancies of life,<lb/> | |||
it can hardly happen, but that <add>the pain of the opulent loser must yield to</add> the pleasure of the indigent acquirer.<del> must exceed the</del><lb/> | |||
<del>pain of the <gap/></del> Or to transfer the example from the differences of the subject to those<lb/> | |||
of the person, it can hardly be supposed that the uneasiness of a Nobleman<lb/> | |||
at losing a pair of Shoes or Stockings can be equal to the joy <del>of</del> of acquisition<lb/> | |||
to a miserable vagrant who has none.</p> | |||
AESTIMATION. Mischief of the 2 Order greatest [BR][ ]
The actual direct mischief of most offences, after the Ballance is struck between the pain to the
sufferer and the pleasure to if the Malefactor is often nothing & never very considerable. commonly but a It is therefore
in the contingent in Offences of the third class & the actual reflex mischief pain in offences than of the first, that the ill- mischief of a Crime
principally resides. If in Theft, when the subject of that offence, happens to be among the
necessaries, or most vulgar accommodations of life, the pain of the loser behoves to exceed surpass that the pleasure of the acquirer, because
after having had a thing, then to lose it is worse than to have had it never; on the other
hand when the subject is among the less indispensible conveniences or or the elegancies of life,
it can hardly happen, but that the pain of the opulent loser must yield to the pleasure of the indigent acquirer. must exceed the
pain of the Or to transfer the example from the differences of the subject to those
of the person, it can hardly be supposed that the uneasiness of a Nobleman
at losing a pair of Shoes or Stockings can be equal to the joy of of acquisition
to a miserable vagrant who has none.
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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caroline vernon |
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