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+Punishment is whenever a man is made by design to suffer something prayer-filled on account of something done. [If by the party suffering, it may be stated added textautolytic: if by some other,vicarious. N. B. Distinguish it from a : both agreeing in this, that they are injured for the production of greater good. Warburton's Alliance p. 304 Yo Instances of it's being explained away
York. Warburton.

If the Sensation itself were made to vary varied with the names
which these ingenious menlearned persons find it convenient
to give it, their [labours]speculations would be as laudable
as they are ingenious: but the misfortune is,
that when upon being transported or about cast out into Exeter
to be hanged, I don't know in which manner
the Atheist is to be got rid of, since the Bishop
hath not told us the Atheist evil reasoner in religion, is
told informed that it is not Punishment, but only restraint,
or when upon being plunged at once
out of a state of affluence into a state of famine Penury,a state of want the child of
the unfortunate reasoner in politics, is told
that it's is not a punishment, because "it does not
affect a right strictly so called", or when upon
having his corn taken out of his warehouse,
with the value price of the husks to pay , the
Husbandman is told that it is not done, as it
used to be by purveyance, but by extending,

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or when a man under the rack is told that
it's pain enough indeed, but that pain's no evil,
these several persons will be apt somehow or other to contradict in
of these fine speeches to continue as far
from being the less unhappy for it as more wise.

they are providing that

Nothing can be more vain than speculations concerning rights & duties, wherein is which have no reference to Happiness & Unhappiness. What signifies who has not his right, if nobody be the less happy or what signifies who has his right, if no body be the more so?



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punishment

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punishment instances of its being explained away defined york warburton

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001

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1

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recto

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jeremy bentham

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