I mean that principle which approves or disapproves of certain actions, not on account of their tending to augment the happiness, nor yet on account of their tending to diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question, but merely because... The New International Encyclopædia - Page 186edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
| Jeremy Bentham - Crime - 1823 - 332 pages
...approves or disapproves of any action, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question ; but in an inverse manner : approving of actions in as far as they tend to diminish bis happiness ; disapproving... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - Crime - 1823 - 326 pages
...approves or disapproves of any action, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question ; but in an inverse manner : approving of actions in as far as they tend to diminish his happiness ; disapproving... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1838 - 334 pages
...approves or disapproves of any action, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question ; but in an inversive manner : approving of actions in as far as they tend to diminish his happiness ; disapproving... | |
| William Whewell - Ethics - 1852 - 316 pages
...m.) The Principle of Sympathy (§ xn.) is that which approves or disapproves of certain actions, " merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve...necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground." And these two Principles are, it seems, according to Bentham's view, the only Principles which are,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1859 - 576 pages
...to augment it. The principle of sympathy is that which approves or disapproves of certain actions ' merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve...necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground.' And these two principles are, it seems, according to Bentham's view, the only principles which are,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1859 - 576 pages
...to augment it. The principle of sympathy is that Avhich approves or disapproves of certain actions 'merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve...necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground.' And these two principles are, it seems, according to Bentham's view, the only principles which are,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - History - 1873 - 408 pages
...to augment it. The principle of sympathy is that which approves or disapproves of certain actions, merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve...disapprobation as a sufficient reason for itself, and diselaiming the necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground." And these two principles are, it... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - Crime - 1876 - 412 pages
...rot, ye, wv, &c. not on account of their tending to augment the happiness, nor yet on account of their tending to diminish the happiness of the party whose...necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground. Thus far in the general department of morals : and in the particular department of politics, measuring... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - Crime - 1879 - 430 pages
...law prefers a not on account of their tending to augment the happiness, nor yet on account of their tending to diminish the happiness of the party whose...necessity of looking out for any extrinsic ground. Thus far in the general department of morals : and in the particular department of politics, measuring... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - Civil law - 1879 - 378 pages
...nnr— y°fM>n fl""rmTit "ft^nir tending tft diminish tb^ happiness of the party whose interest is_jn question, but merely because a man finds himself disposed to approve or disapprove of thgm : holding up that approbation or disapprobation as a sufficient reason for itself, and disclaiming... | |
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