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... happiness of mankind in this world , it must remain self- evident to every reasonable mind , and will pro- bably be disputed by none , that whatever course of conduct makes most for the happiness of mankind is , abstractedly , ' for the ...
... happiness of mankind in this world , it must remain self- evident to every reasonable mind , and will pro- bably be disputed by none , that whatever course of conduct makes most for the happiness of mankind is , abstractedly , ' for the ...
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... happiness , pro- portionate , cęteris paribus , to the equality with which they are distributed . But these conditions must be fulfilled before an increase of the general wealth can be assumed to be an addition to the general happiness ...
... happiness , pro- portionate , cęteris paribus , to the equality with which they are distributed . But these conditions must be fulfilled before an increase of the general wealth can be assumed to be an addition to the general happiness ...
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... happiness ? No ! wealth may be pur- chased at too high a price , if that price be the degradation and suffering of those who produce it . Wealth is only to be measured by its exchangeable value . In this sense increase of wealth ...
... happiness ? No ! wealth may be pur- chased at too high a price , if that price be the degradation and suffering of those who produce it . Wealth is only to be measured by its exchangeable value . In this sense increase of wealth ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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| Title | Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain Reprints of economic classics |
| Author | George Poulett Scrope |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A. M. Kelley, 1969 |
| ISBN | 067800563X, 9780678005637 |
| Length | 457 pages |
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