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Of the [limits] of penal Law

-pend upon petty in a considerable degree upon
the care he takes in all not to disturb
and in some cases to promote the happiness of
others
. Of these branches the first assured to amountdeleted text is said to concern
which that branch of duty + + if the such a word as duty can be here employ'd which according to
the common phrase is stiled a man's duty to
himself: the other concerns what has been called
his duty to his neighbor: that is his to any other
man as or whose happiness his actions are in a
way to exert an influence.++ <++ beneficence His duty toward his neighbor is that duty which he observes fulfills in as far as he consults the happiness of his neighbor. Now the consulting a another man's happiness is performed in two ways: in a negative way, by forbearing to diminish it: in a positive way by studying to increase it. To study consult it in the negative way is probity: in the positive way, beneficence. It is on the subject of what concerns a man's duty to his neighbor
that this and the art of legislation
are apt more particularly to go hand in hand.
Frequently on the subject of what regards beneficence:
still more on the subject of what regards probity.
Even when the interests of a single individual,
still more when the complicated interests of a whole
are in question, at stake a private man
has need of the legislator for two purposes: to give
him information what acts are beneficial,

Identifier: | JB/100/024/004"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

100

Main Headings

influence of time and place

Folio number

024

Info in main headings field

place & time

Image

004

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f1* / f2 / f3 / f4*

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

c. hamilton

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

32040

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