 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 pągines
...community : and therefore the world is in a manner a state. — Marcus Antoninus. 30. The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common is...total happiness of the community ; and, therefore, to exclude, as far as may be, everything that tends to subtract from that happiness ; in other words,... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 pągines
...— Marcus Antoninus. 30. The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in comsubtract from that happiness ; in other words, to exclude mischief. But all punishment is mischief ; all punishment is in itself an evil. Upon the principle of utility, if punishment ought at all to be admitted, it... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 pągines
...augment the total happiness of the community ; and, therefore, to exclude, as far as may be, everything that tends to subtract from that happiness ; in other words, to exclude mischief. Bat all punishment is mischief; all punishment is in itself an evil. Upon the principle of utility,... | |
 | 1885 - 492 pągines
...the principle that the object of all laws is the total happiness of the community, Bentham observes : 'All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself...is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted so far as it promises to exclude some greater evil.'... | |
 | James Edwin Creighton - 1898 - 418 pągines
...and the popularity of anything that touches our pockets is very short lived. 54. The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...therefore, in the first place, to exclude as far as may be everything that tends to subtract from that happiness : in other words, to exclude mischief. But all... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1907 - 422 pągines
...general object which all laws have, or ought to have, law is, to . * — — ° — — ;- — ami therefore, in the first place, to exclude, as far as may be, Is every thing that tends to subtract from that happiness: mother words, to exclude mischief. But punish./*... | |
 | John Bowditch, Clement Ramsland - 1961 - 210 pągines
...perfectly conformable to. ... CHAPTER xv GENERAL VIEW OF CASES UNMEET FOR PUNISHMENT I. The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...that happiness: in other words, to exclude mischief. II. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility,... | |
 | Clarence Morris - 1971 - 588 pągines
...beneficial e allotted merely ide its effects in is ever produced to the pain. The 1. The general object which all laws have. or ought to have, in common,...that happiness: in other words, to exclude mischief. 2. But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility,... | |
 | Rene Albert Wormser, Rene Wormser - 1972 - 628 pągines
...which high prices could bring. This surely has a modern ring. V: Jeremy Bentham "The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common,...community; and therefore, in the first place, to exclude, so far as may be, everything that tends to subtract from that happiness: in other words, to exclude... | |
 | William E. Conklin - 1979 - 350 pągines
...society as a whole. "The general object which all laws have, or ought to have, in common," he wrote, "is to augment the total happiness of the community...in the first place, to exclude, as far as may be, everything that tends to subtract from that happiness: in other words, to exclude mischief."36 As he... | |
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But all punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it ought at all to be admitted, it ought only to be admitted in as far as it promises to exclude some greater evil. 
