Controversial lettersA. Strahan, 1865 |
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... pain . But if this be true , the principle of utility is proved . " These are your words upon page 60 of the treatise on " Utilitarianism . " And I will take them as the point of departure for what I have to say upon the whole question ...
... pain . But if this be true , the principle of utility is proved . " These are your words upon page 60 of the treatise on " Utilitarianism . " And I will take them as the point of departure for what I have to say upon the whole question ...
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... pain is un- dergone is present to the mind ; but surely it will not be contended that a lover dies for his mistress , or a mother faints with watching over her sick child's cradle , because it is supposed to be for the happiness of ...
... pain is un- dergone is present to the mind ; but surely it will not be contended that a lover dies for his mistress , or a mother faints with watching over her sick child's cradle , because it is supposed to be for the happiness of ...
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... pain and death for all such forms . I will go further , and will come so close to your own thesis , that a less subtle thinker than yourself might think me coquettish in holding off from a deliberate embrace . It is , perhaps ...
... pain and death for all such forms . I will go further , and will come so close to your own thesis , that a less subtle thinker than yourself might think me coquettish in holding off from a deliberate embrace . It is , perhaps ...
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... pain may pos- sibly fall within its scope , and be an actual instrument in the development of its scheme . It is perfectly supposable that the blinding of ten thousand people would be a desirable thing . 66 " Yes , " I hear somebody say ...
... pain may pos- sibly fall within its scope , and be an actual instrument in the development of its scheme . It is perfectly supposable that the blinding of ten thousand people would be a desirable thing . 66 " Yes , " I hear somebody say ...
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... Pain . Physical evil is pain to my body - moral evil is pain to my conscience ; and it would be absurd not to admit that a man who is convinced that the greatest happiness principle is the formal ratio of ethics , may feel that his ...
... Pain . Physical evil is pain to my body - moral evil is pain to my conscience ; and it would be absurd not to admit that a man who is convinced that the greatest happiness principle is the formal ratio of ethics , may feel that his ...
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