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Since , however , there can be , at one time and in one society , but one course or system of conduct most conducive to the general welfare , and , therefore , right , both the moral and legal rules ought , so far as the least ...
Since , however , there can be , at one time and in one society , but one course or system of conduct most conducive to the general welfare , and , therefore , right , both the moral and legal rules ought , so far as the least ...
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Fortunately , —or rather by the contrivance of a beneficent Creator , —the human mind is so constituted that the pursuit of virtue , the conferring happiness on others , and the acquisition of the esteem of society which is sure to ...
Fortunately , —or rather by the contrivance of a beneficent Creator , —the human mind is so constituted that the pursuit of virtue , the conferring happiness on others , and the acquisition of the esteem of society which is sure to ...
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For since the circumstances of societies are undergoing continual alteration , their laws will need corresponding changes ... and mature deliberation ; which cannot be obtained in general assemblies of the entire body of any society .
For since the circumstances of societies are undergoing continual alteration , their laws will need corresponding changes ... and mature deliberation ; which cannot be obtained in general assemblies of the entire body of any society .
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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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