Social Statics: Abridged and Revised; Together with The Man Versus the StateD. Appleton, 1892 - 431 pages |
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... society would even now begin to decay . It is required to reconcile these contradictory theories . And this synonym for " greatest happiness " -this " utility " —what shall be comprised under it ? The million would confine it to the ...
... society would even now begin to decay . It is required to reconcile these contradictory theories . And this synonym for " greatest happiness " -this " utility " —what shall be comprised under it ? The million would confine it to the ...
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... incompleteness of Acts previously passed . Men are never- * See Anti - Slavery Society's Report for 1847 ; and Evidence before Parliamentary Committee , 1848 . theless still discontented with the Poor Laws , and we 12 SOCIAL STATICS. ̧.
... incompleteness of Acts previously passed . Men are never- * See Anti - Slavery Society's Report for 1847 ; and Evidence before Parliamentary Committee , 1848 . theless still discontented with the Poor Laws , and we 12 SOCIAL STATICS. ̧.
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... society . Considering that men as yet so imperfectly understand man — the instru- ment by which , and the material on which , laws are to act— and that a knowledge of the unit - man , is but a first step to the comprehension of the mass ...
... society . Considering that men as yet so imperfectly understand man — the instru- ment by which , and the material on which , laws are to act— and that a knowledge of the unit - man , is but a first step to the comprehension of the mass ...
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... in nature ; for it would be simply applying to society , that system of governance by appeal to calculated final results , which already ruled the individual . - Quite different , however , is the method of nature THE MORAL-SENSE DOCTRINE.
... in nature ; for it would be simply applying to society , that system of governance by appeal to calculated final results , which already ruled the individual . - Quite different , however , is the method of nature THE MORAL-SENSE DOCTRINE.
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... society . It must aim to give a systematic statement of those conditions under which human beings may harmoniously co - operate ; and to this end it requires as its postulate , that such human beings be perfect . Treating , therefore ...
... society . It must aim to give a systematic statement of those conditions under which human beings may harmoniously co - operate ; and to this end it requires as its postulate , that such human beings be perfect . Treating , therefore ...
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Page 165 - Not to covet nor desire other men's goods ; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please God to call me.
Page 55 - has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other...
Page 378 - Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man.
Page 96 - Act" (9th of George I.), which declares that any one disguised and in possession of an offensive weapon " appearing in any warren, or place where hares or conies have been, or shall be usually kept, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death, as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy.
Page 62 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Page 46 - A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection...
Page 62 - The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 379 - Therefore, before the names of just and unjust can have place, there must be some coercive power to compel men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...
Page 379 - For where no covenant hath preceded, there hath no right been transferred, and every man has right to every thing; and consequently, no action can be unjust. But when a covenant is made, then to break it is unjust: and the definition of INJUSTICE is no other than the not performance of covenant. And whatsoever is not unjust, is just.
Page 190 - ... and means whatsoever, all and every such person or persons as shall, at any time hereafter, attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of the...