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... the facts of which it takes cognizance consisting only of such variable , vague , and uncertain essences as compose human pains and pleasures , dislikes and preferences ,• Hopes , fears , joys , sorrows , tears , and smiles .
... the facts of which it takes cognizance consisting only of such variable , vague , and uncertain essences as compose human pains and pleasures , dislikes and preferences ,• Hopes , fears , joys , sorrows , tears , and smiles .
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53 9 tionate increase of the aggregate means of enjoyment - nay , that some kinds of wealth may be greatly augmented at a great sacrifice of human happiness — is easily demonstrable . Suppose , for example , a race of absolute ...
53 9 tionate increase of the aggregate means of enjoyment - nay , that some kinds of wealth may be greatly augmented at a great sacrifice of human happiness — is easily demonstrable . Suppose , for example , a race of absolute ...
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... in short , that HUMAN HAPPINESS MAY , l BY AN EASY EXERCISE OF HUMAN FORESIGHT , BE MADE CONTINUALLY TO INCREASE , NOT ONLY IN THE PROPORTION , BUT BEYOND THE PROPORTION , OF ANY POSSIBLE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY .
... in short , that HUMAN HAPPINESS MAY , l BY AN EASY EXERCISE OF HUMAN FORESIGHT , BE MADE CONTINUALLY TO INCREASE , NOT ONLY IN THE PROPORTION , BUT BEYOND THE PROPORTION , OF ANY POSSIBLE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY .
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Contents
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE On the Coincidence of | 1 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY DEDUCED | 40 |
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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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