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interests have been associated with his enjoyments: — in which his own
well-being has been connected, combined, and identified
with the well-being of others; — to give in a word to the social
all the influences of the self-regarding motive — He is to use
these elements of happiness which exist in the breast of every
man for the production of the greatest sum of happiness — to
extend the domain of felicity by developing the principles which
are coextensive with the existence of man — the self-regarding
principle being and happily the strongest. For such an
artist there is no want of work — there can be no want of work
while remediable evil is to be found in the world. His business is to
establish his propositions by bringing a balance of happiness
out of each of them — a balance to somebody — a balance to the
one or to the many.
The principle of on which Deontology is grounded
is the principle of Utility — in other words that every action
is right or wrong — worthy or unworthy — deserving approbation
or disapprobation in proportion to its tendency
to to contribute to, or to diminish the amount of public
happiness — And the public sanction will, insofar as
the subject is understood be given to that line of
conduct which most promotes the public
happiness — is a core corollary requiring no
arguments for its establishment.
Three very obvious enquiries grow out of these
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