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In the year 1789 appeared the Introduction to the
Principles of Morals & Litigation. Here for the first time are
pains & pleasures separately defined, - & regularly grouped - and the
classification & definition of them is so complete for all ordinary
of moral & legislative investigation that Mr Bentham has
found little to modify, - or to add to in the list. By the side of
the pains & the pleasures the corresponding motives are brought to
view, - & a clear and determinate idea attached to the springs
of action by showing their separate operation. And moreover
this truly extra-ordinary & philosophical work the author sifts & uncovers
that phraseology which has done so much mischief has been done
in the field of right and wrong by the judgement of motives, instead
of the judgement of conduct; - so that the same motive is
frequently spoken of in terms opposed to & incompatible with
one another. Sometimes the eulogistic form is adopted to
convey sentiments of approbation, - sometimes the dyslogistic
to communicate sentiments of disapprobation, - sometimes the
neutral, to avoid the expression of the either praise or blame, -
but in all these cases these irrelevant & delusive adjuncts serve
to Inquiry, - and to distort truth. Of this truly [ extraordinary 8 page Seg
Fol 3/2
& philosophical work volume it has chanced to the writer to hear the
opinion of several of the most acute and

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Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	435	Info in main headings field
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Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
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