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The greatest happiness principle is not the object of open attack only attacked
from by principles openly & professedly opposed to it, — it has had to suffer from
covert & influential usurpers of its name & authority. And
from such sources it has perhaps been most injured. Reference has
been made & homage paid to it by principles which have claimed
alliance with it — while they have in fact been only subordinate to
ipse dixitism. This has been too often the position of the
preachers of Justice — men who under the cloak & covering
of an attractive title have generally strung together their
directions, — precepts, mandates - call them what you will - saying
to every body who will listen — Do so & so — for this is what is
required by justice. Two assumptions are here — & both
are representatives of the ipse-dixit theory system — first that
Justice is the proper & sufficient
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