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Chapter 4.
Expenses of Punishment

Expense of Punishment. This expression which has not
yet been been introduced into common uses may
at first sight be accused ofsingularity and pedantry and It has
however been chosen upon reflection as the only one
proper expression which conveys the desired idea
without conveying at the same time an*** or anticipated
judgment of approbation or disapprobation. — The
produced by punishments is an expense which themade in the
with a tois as it were a capital hugurded in expectation of profit — This profit
is the prevention of fr***es — In this operation, everything
aught to be taken into the calculation of Profit and Lose
and when we estimate the profit we mist substract the
losefrom which it evidently
results that the diminution
of the expense at the increase
of the profit equally tend
to reproduction of a
favourable balance.. it evidently results, that


to produce a favourable Balance.

The term Expense once admitted naturally
introduces that of Economy or frugality. The
mildness in the region of Punishments is
commonly spoken of. — these two terms include a
prejudice in the one can of favour is the other of
disfavour which prevents the impartiallity in their
examination — To say that a punishment But to say
that a punishment is economic is ti use the language
of reason and calculation. —

We should say then that a punishment is
economic when the desired effect is produced by
the employment of the best possible offering; we should

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