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Single Idea 3779
[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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Full Idea
Unnatural, when it means anything, means unfrequent.
Gist of Idea
Unnatural, when it means anything, means infrequent
Source
Jeremy Bentham (Intro to Principles of Morals and Legislation [1789], II.14 n8.9)
Book Ref
Mill,John Stuart: 'Utilitarianism (including On Liberty etc)', ed/tr. Warnock,Mary [Fontana 1962], p.52
The
12 ideas
from Jeremy Bentham
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20977
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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts
[Bentham]
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21003
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Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary
[Bentham]
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5271
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Prejudice apart, push-pin has equal value with music and poetry
[Bentham]
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5901
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Is 'productive of happiness' the definition of 'right', or the cause of it?
[Ross on Bentham]
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5934
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Of Bentham's 'dimensions' of pleasure, only intensity and duration matter
[Ross on Bentham]
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3554
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Bentham thinks happiness is feeling good, but why use morality to achieve that?
[Annas on Bentham]
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3777
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Pleasure and pain control all human desires and duties
[Bentham]
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3778
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The community's interest is a sum of individual interests
[Bentham]
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3779
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Unnatural, when it means anything, means infrequent
[Bentham]
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3780
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We must judge a thing morally to know if it conforms to God's will
[Bentham]
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3781
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The value of pleasures and pains is their force
[Bentham]
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20280
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Large mature animals are more rational than babies. But all that really matters is - can they suffer?
[Bentham]
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