Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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Page ix
... happiness of man may be most mate- rially influenced by his social arrangements ; and that these arrangements are susceptible of great and indefinite , if not infinite improvement , so as to bring about a proportionate increase of hap ...
... happiness of man may be most mate- rially influenced by his social arrangements ; and that these arrangements are susceptible of great and indefinite , if not infinite improvement , so as to bring about a proportionate increase of hap ...
Page xi
... the Utilitarian sage , • the greatest happiness of the greatest number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited . Confiding , as I do , in the force and ultimate victory , of TRUTH , and firmly.
... the Utilitarian sage , • the greatest happiness of the greatest number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited . Confiding , as I do , in the force and ultimate victory , of TRUTH , and firmly.
Page xii
... happiness , which appears to the writer to be at present , if not the most neglected , at all events the least understood in theory , and the most mismanaged in practice . The character of nearly all governments is un- dergoing a rapid ...
... happiness , which appears to the writer to be at present , if not the most neglected , at all events the least understood in theory , and the most mismanaged in practice . The character of nearly all governments is un- dergoing a rapid ...
Page xiii
... disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
... disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
Page xiv
George Poulett Scrope. uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true , has increased in certain quarters ; but poverty , on the other hand , has increased likewise , or , at least , has not proportionately diminished . There is ...
George Poulett Scrope. uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true , has increased in certain quarters ; but poverty , on the other hand , has increased likewise , or , at least , has not proportionately diminished . There is ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth