Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... course which he ought ' to have taken , which alone would have been for the best ; ' that is , as we interpret it , most for the welfare of mankind . ' Paley makes abstract or natural right to depend on the will of God , directly ...
... course which he ought ' to have taken , which alone would have been for the best ; ' that is , as we interpret it , most for the welfare of mankind . ' Paley makes abstract or natural right to depend on the will of God , directly ...
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... course or system of con- duct most conducive to the general welfare , and , therefore , right , both the moral and legal rules ought , so far as the least comprehensive of the two extends , to coincide , and , in all cases , to har ...
... course or system of con- duct most conducive to the general welfare , and , therefore , right , both the moral and legal rules ought , so far as the least comprehensive of the two extends , to coincide , and , in all cases , to har ...
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... course of moral education , ( that is , while yet an infaut , ) and with infallible accuracy , the real ultimate tendency of all actions to benefit or injure mankind , and to be influenced accordingly to em- brace or abstain from them ...
... course of moral education , ( that is , while yet an infaut , ) and with infallible accuracy , the real ultimate tendency of all actions to benefit or injure mankind , and to be influenced accordingly to em- brace or abstain from them ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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