On the Ethics of NaturalismW. Blackwood and Sons, 1885 - 292 páginas |
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... Bentham calls private ethics - could be reduced ( as Bentham finally re- duces it ) to certain maxims of prudence . To be fully acquainted with the sources of pleasure and ( a ) correct pain , and to estimate them correctly , would ...
... Bentham calls private ethics - could be reduced ( as Bentham finally re- duces it ) to certain maxims of prudence . To be fully acquainted with the sources of pleasure and ( a ) correct pain , and to estimate them correctly , would ...
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... Bentham's psychological assumption requires only to be plainly stated for its inconsistency with the facts of human action to become apparent . The " video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor " ex- presses too common an experience to be ...
... Bentham's psychological assumption requires only to be plainly stated for its inconsistency with the facts of human action to become apparent . The " video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor " ex- presses too common an experience to be ...
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... Bentham's school , refuses to admit this line of defence for psychological hedonism , and holds that , in actions such as those referred to , men are really carried out of the circle of their self - regarding desires.1 But my present ...
... Bentham's school , refuses to admit this line of defence for psychological hedonism , and holds that , in actions such as those referred to , men are really carried out of the circle of their self - regarding desires.1 But my present ...
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... Bentham , is infinitely better than the man in whom it retains the form of selfishness . But the consideration is important just because it goes on the implied assumption that the hedonistic is not the chief aspect of conduct , and that ...
... Bentham , is infinitely better than the man in whom it retains the form of selfishness . But the consideration is important just because it goes on the implied assumption that the hedonistic is not the chief aspect of conduct , and that ...
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... Bentham seemed to look to the exercise of administrative control which , by a system of rewards and punishments , will make the greatest happiness of the individual coincide so far as possible with that of the community.1 J. S. Mill ...
... Bentham seemed to look to the exercise of administrative control which , by a system of rewards and punishments , will make the greatest happiness of the individual coincide so far as possible with that of the community.1 J. S. Mill ...
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