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Page 113 - But whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire that is it which he for his part calleth good; and the object of his hate and aversion, evil; and of his contempt, vile and inconsiderable.
Page 113 - the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to the will of God, and for the " sake of everlasting happiness...
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Page 110 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Page 113 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
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Page 113 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Handbook of Moral Philosophy |
| Author | Henry Calderwood |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1874 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 277 pages |
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