1819 Nov. 7

Bentham’s

Pretence

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If to this rule there be any exceptions, the extent to which they have place /proportion in which they have place/ is by much too small to furnish any adequate ground for practical conclusions, and legislative arrangements

This propensity in human nature may be stiled the universal predominance of self regarding over social affection.

Note b

Upon this predominance, the species depends - not only for its well-being, but for its very being. Suppose social affection to be as extensively predominant as self-regarding affection is, the species it will /would/ be found upon enquiry would vanish from the earth in the space of a twelvemonth not to mention any shorter space /length/ of time.

The patriot - the man whose benevolence embraces the whole community of the political state of which he is a Member is not the man who is constantly preferring the interest of every other member of it to his own for there is no such persons but he who in addition to his care for his own individual interest has more or less solicitude for the interest of that whole, and acts /in/ according to such solicitude.

So likewise in the case of the philanthropist.